Qualified for a CI

Bear said:
Its not the BTE that keeps falling off it is the little round thing *not sure what they call that* that goes to the head that keeps falling and getting tangled in my hair. I cant figure out how to get it to stay there. I leave it when I hear it and always try to get it under my hair to no avail.

DMG good suggestion, but am wearing my hair up now and its still not helping. Am afraid I may have to end up wearing a hat to hold it in place and I hate hats!
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use I cant spell elestic band to hold your pony tail not use hat :)
 
Bear said:
thanks everyone for the answers to my questions about the roaring sound I had it once after surgery and then not again till after the second mapping. So will ask the audi if that was caused by the mapping itself.

Still have some concerns that i will bring up at the next appointment on October 22nd. I am not sure how well this is gonna work out for me there are some sounds I could hear before that i am not hearing today. So, it is an up and down thing for me. There are times when I am very happy with it and times when Im not so happy. Today is one of those days when Im not so happy cause I am not hearing some of what I was hearing before such as the keyboard clicking. Not hearing that today at all.

So, all in all it is definitely an adventure lol.
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interesting.. I guess I"m not the only one.. because I'm starting to wear hearing aids and its roaring as well. at some times I could hear, at some other times I couldn't hear. I'm like UGHHHH.. hurry up i wanna hear better without roaring behind my head or is it my hearing aids? i wondered! LOL
 
Sunshine1 said:
Oh okay. I don't have CI. Just had a hearing test this morning and was I really need to have CI. Ha, been told several years ago too. It's too expensive. So I don't know. About roaring sound, hopefully someone can answer here otherwise mention to doctor about it. Enjoy the rest of your life with CI![/QUOTE

]Why do you have to pay dont all americans have insurance or some thing .I know we in the uk are lucky having the NHS
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madkitten said:
Why do you have to pay dont all americans have insurance or some thing .I know we in the uk are lucky having the NHS
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Er...no. Not all Americans have health insurance. All who do have insurance, typically have out of pocket costs. Those who don't just have any insurance have to "wing" it somehow and come up with the money. There are chariable organizations that can help with assistance. Still for all that, it is not easy for those without health insurance.

It is a complicated subject and not easy to summarize (if there is one word it would probably be money) why we have the mess we have. It is slowly changing as pressures are building up to come up with a decent solution.
 
Why do you have to pay dont all americans have insurance or some thing .I know we in the uk are lucky having the NHS
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It's different in the US. One either has to have insurance through a job or afford their own insurance, or one has to be poor enough to have Medicaid, or disabled/old enough for Medicare. There is a group of people that doesn't fall in any of those categories, and they are without insurance, which sucks. Usually it's because they make too much to have Medicaid, and still can't afford their own insurance because they can't obtain it through their jobs (they own a small business, self-employed, etc).
 
sr171soars said:
Er...no. Not all Americans have health insurance. All who do have insurance, typically have out of pocket costs. Those who don't just have any insurance have to "wing" it somehow and come up with the money. There are chariable organizations that can help with assistance. Still for all that, it is not easy for those without health insurance.

It is a complicated subject and not easy to summarize (if there is one word it would probably be money) why we have the mess we have. It is slowly changing as pressures are building up to come up with a decent solution.
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Do you know where can I find charibale organizations? I also have heatlh insurance but it will cover 60 thousand dollars only CI. But I am not sure if my health insurance accept new hearing aids. Damn I did not go to doctor yet about insurance... Possibly tomorrow morning hopefully.
 
Bear said:
Its not the BTE that keeps falling off it is the little round thing *not sure what they call that* that goes to the head that keeps falling and getting tangled in my hair. I cant figure out how to get it to stay there. I leave it when I hear it and always try to get it under my hair to no avail.

DMG good suggestion, but am wearing my hair up now and its still not helping. Am afraid I may have to end up wearing a hat to hold it in place and I hate hats!
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headpiece (for my BTE made by AB) but for Nucleus users, it is called "Coil"

Page 20 http://www.cochlearamericas.com/PDFs/Freedom_manual.pdf

Did you try to place the coil underneath the hair to the area? not outside on top of your hair.

Some people will lift the outer hair to expose where the implant's magnet area is (under skin of course) and shave that tiny area free of hair so you can place the coil there then let go of hair to fall on top of coil.
 
starrygaze said:
Do you know where can I find charibale organizations? I also have heatlh insurance but it will cover 60 thousand dollars only CI. But I am not sure if my health insurance accept new hearing aids. Damn I did not go to doctor yet about insurance... Possibly tomorrow morning hopefully.
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contact your insurance and see if they will help buy hearing aid for you.. u can find out by contacting them .. not doctor? doctor have nothing to do with this? u meant audiologist?? or what?? hmm contact them first then if they wont help u .. then u can look around and find out see if u can get grants .. like from VR or chartiable organziations. Good luck.
 
Boult said:
headpiece (for my BTE made by AB) but for Nucleus users, it is called "Coil"

Page 20 http://www.cochlearamericas.com/PDFs/Freedom_manual.pdf

Did you try to place the coil underneath the hair to the area? not outside on top of your hair.

Some people will lift the outer hair to expose where the implant's magnet area is (under skin of course) and shave that tiny area free of hair so you can place the coil there then let go of hair to fall on top of coil.
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Ahh thanks Boult I have actually thought about doing that, just to get the damn thing to stick there where it is supposed to. Yeah I do lift up my hair and put it under the hair and have tried putting my hair up to no avail. So that looks like it may be the next step.
 
Hey all updating,

I am hearing a little more each day with my CI. I am hearing the music a little more clearer now and am finding that songs I couldnt hear at all before, I now can.

Still not doing as well with voices as I had hoped to be doing by now but hopefully in time that will come as well. I am now picking out cars passing by when I am driving and the sound of my own car. I can also hear the rain hitting the windshield as I drive and the sound of my windshield wipers now.

As each day passes I am hearing a little more than the previous day. I was even shocked to find that i was hearing my VP ringing lol.

All in all I will say this has been one big adventure each day to see what else I can hear lol.
 
Hello everyone,

There is a nice older couple in my ASL class, and the woman is about 95% deaf in both ears. Her husband said that they've talked about a CI, and that she was told that she qualifies, but that it costs roughly $50,000, and they just can't afford it.

Does anyone know of any kind of assistance they can apply for?

Thanks,

--Cal
 
Calphool said:
Hello everyone,

There is a nice older couple in my ASL class, and the woman is about 95% deaf in both ears. Her husband said that they've talked about a CI, and that she was told that she qualifies, but that it costs roughly $50,000, and they just can't afford it.

Does anyone know of any kind of assistance they can apply for?

Thanks,

--Cal
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The insurance company would be the place to go. If they don't cover it, then I wouln't know where to go, except the bank for a loan...
 
Bear said:
Ahh thanks Boult I have actually thought about doing that, just to get the damn thing to stick there where it is supposed to. Yeah I do lift up my hair and put it under the hair and have tried putting my hair up to no avail. So that looks like it may be the next step.
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YOu realise you can adjust the magnet on the coil. Screw it further in so it is closer to the skin. (Normally there's a gap between the magnet and the skin.) If you can't go further in, and it still falls off, then there are stronger magnets available that you can just change out.
For Lotte we got a stronger magnet, and it worked fine..


BTW.. excellent to hear the progress you are making.... still inpatience??
 
Hello Bear,
Glad to hear the operation went well as can be. Come back next September and tell us if you've made a big progress as you hoped or not. :)

It's interesting listening to people's different viewpoints. Opened my mind a bit, lol.

Still don't think I want to get CI as I might still recieve the same benefits as I do currently from HAs.
 
Cloggy said:
YOu realise you can adjust the magnet on the coil. Screw it further in so it is closer to the skin. (Normally there's a gap between the magnet and the skin.) If you can't go further in, and it still falls off, then there are stronger magnets available that you can just change out.
For Lotte we got a stronger magnet, and it worked fine..


BTW.. excellent to hear the progress you are making.... still inpatience??
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Hi Cloggy,

Yes ofc I am still very impatient when it comes to my hearing. When I want something bad enough I tend to want it now and not later lol. That can be both a good and bad characteristic to have lol.

As for the stronger magnet I may end up having to ask if there is one. As for screwing the magnet on the coil with the newer CI's in AB I dont think that is possible. Cause there are no screws believe that or not. IF there is a way to show you a link of what I do have I will try to find it and get it on here. Although I aint very good at that type of stuff.

I am still struggling to hear more and as much as I can hear lol. I do realize it will take time but am very impatient for it.
 
Bear said:
Hi Cloggy,

Yes ofc I am still very impatient when it comes to my hearing. When I want something bad enough I tend to want it now and not later lol. That can be both a good and bad characteristic to have lol.

As for the stronger magnet I may end up having to ask if there is one. As for screwing the magnet on the coil with the newer CI's in AB I dont think that is possible. Cause there are no screws believe that or not. IF there is a way to show you a link of what I do have I will try to find it and get it on here. Although I aint very good at that type of stuff.

I am still struggling to hear more and as much as I can hear lol. I do realize it will take time but am very impatient for it.
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AB- coil... I was talking about cochlear... Sorry.
Still, there must be a way to get stronger magnets in...
 
Hi Cloggy,

yes there is a way to get stronger magnets in the AB coils but according to my audi there is none stronger lol. So who knows? but have since found a way to get it to stay there. luckily.

right now i am kicking myself for forgetting to replug in my batteries when i got home yesterday as I cant wear it till the batteries recharge again grrr at me. lol


I guess today is just one of those not my days as nothing seems to be going right for me lol.

Still struggling to hear those voices! URGHHH!
 
I dont have patience to wait THAT long lol. For me it's not about being able to hear for a job or for other people. It's all for me!

I could work not being able to hear as I have a very clear speaking voice from the fact that I grew up hearing. So, the impatience has more to do with my own wanting to be able to hear these things again, than a NEED to hear them.

I am already starting to hear a little more than I did yesterday and I can actually tell this daily and that is without a journal. I realize to hear all that I want to hear is gonna take a while to *get* it. But even realizing it doesnt help you from wanting it all NOW! lol

I guess this journey with a CI wasnt all I expected it to be. There are both good and bad things about this journey. But there is one thing I can say, and that is I cannot wait to see what my update will be exactly a year from turn on date!

Gonna have to try to remember this thread on September 21, 2007 lol. It would be awesome to reread this whole thread then and then to post my experiences and thoughts a year later.
 
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