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Giulia said:
Does it coast so much ? In France, CI is paid by hospital, but I don't know if we have bilateral CI here.
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mind you - we don't have universal health care or anything like yours.
 
Most health insurances consider one CI to be enough. They think that the second ear is "experimental" or unneeded.
 
Giulia said:
Does it coast so much ? In France, CI is paid by hospital, but I don't know if we have bilateral CI here.
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yes it costs an arm and a leg. not sure about what a childs implants would be but i was told for me it would be around $60,000 US dollars for everything all together.(implant itself, processor and controller and coil, surgeon visits, surgical and hospital costs, audi visits, and everything associated in the process of having it done.) my audiologist did tell me i will get 2 controllers and 2 processors and 2 coils as well and a bunch of filters and some cords for things like an ipod or radio and cell phone and rechargable batteries and a few zinc air batteries too with 4 battery holders. so the cost alone stops some from getting it.
 
faire_jour said:
It all depends on your doctor, your insurance, you child's hearing loss, etc. Most children do not get bilateral CI's and even fewer get them similtanously.
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In Canada, it's free to get both at once.
 
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faire_jour said:
Are you sure? I know of people in Canada who were only able to get one, or it took years to get the bilateral CI.
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I know some. It's easier if you are a child. If you're an adult, it's more than unlikely. They are more than happy to implant all deaf children if they can in Ontario.
 
Byrdie714 said:
That's scary.
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A couple years ago, I read that 98% of deaf children from birth to the age of 5 were already implanted in Ontario.

Makes me wonder how they evaluate children on whether they make good candidates or not. 98% is quite a big number if you ask me.
 
Banjo said:
A couple years ago, I read that 98% of deaf children from birth to the age of 5 were already implanted in Ontario.

Makes me wonder how they evaluate children on whether they make good candidates or not. 98% is quite a big number if you ask me.
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Sounds like they are operating on that old "cost effectiveness" myth that the medical community promotes.
 
jillio said:
Sounds like they are operating on that old "cost effectiveness" myth that the medical community promotes.
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Oh yea! It cost 5 million dollars to teach and use sign language. Sometimes can go up to 10 million but that's mighty rare! However, CI is only 60,000 dollars! whooo!!

:roll:
 
Secretblend said:
Oh yea! It cost 5 million dollars to teach and use sign language. Sometimes can go up to 10 million but that's mighty rare! However, CI is only 60,000 dollars! whooo!!

:roll:
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Exactly. They also say that implanted kids won't need accommodations in the mainstream classroom, and that supposedly saves society money.:roll:

What a bunch of bunk!
 
Banjo said:
A couple years ago, I read that 98% of deaf children from birth to the age of 5 were already implanted in Ontario.

Makes me wonder how they evaluate children on whether they make good candidates or not. 98% is quite a big number if you ask me.
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:jaw:
 
I think remove implant?

Banjo said:
I know some. It's easier if you are a child. If you're an adult, it's more than unlikely. They are more than happy to implant all deaf children if they can in Ontario.
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Banjo said:
A couple years ago, I read that 98% of deaf children from birth to the age of 5 were already implanted in Ontario.

Makes me wonder how they evaluate children on whether they make good candidates or not. 98% is quite a big number if you ask me.
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I do NOT believe this is true. You need to back this up with some facts. Less than 20% of kids with a hearing loss are profoundly deaf, and therefore eligible for CI's.
 
faire_jour said:
I do NOT believe this is true. You need to back this up with some facts. Less than 20% of kids with a hearing loss are profoundly deaf, and therefore eligible for CI's.
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I should had been more specific. The majority of profoundly deaf children are implanted with a cochlear implant from what I know. In Ontario, around 50 children are implanted annually at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Now, about the statistics, that's a good question. I read it in a magazine or somewhere a couple years ago. I looked for it online. It's not really easy trying to find information since trying to get some information on healthcare is like trying to break into Fort Knox.

Profoundly deaf children are far less common compared to these with moderate and mild hearing loss which would label them as hard of hearing.
 
Banjo said:
I should had been more specific. The majority of profoundly deaf children are implanted with a cochlear implant from what I know. In Ontario, around 50 children are implanted annually at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Now, about the statistics, that's a good question. I read it in a magazine or somewhere a couple years ago. I looked for it online. It's not really easy trying to find information since trying to get some information on healthcare is like trying to break into Fort Knox.

Profoundly deaf children are far less common compared to these with moderate and mild hearing loss which would label them as hard of hearing.
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I googled and found that Sick Kids has implanted around 500 kids in 18 years. It implants an average of 70 people a year.
 
faire_jour said:
I googled and found that Sick Kids has implanted around 500 kids in 18 years. It implants an average of 70 people a year.
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Here is a little more information for you.

The cochlear implant device costs about $20,000 and is covered either by OHIP or special funding for cochlear implant programs in Ontario. About 50 children a year are implanted at the hospital. Another 70 adults a year are implanted across the province, in Toronto at Sunnybrook.
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New Cochlear implant on leading edge for hearing-impaired.
 
So I did a little math and there are about 245,280 children born in Canada every year. 1 out of every 1000 will be deaf. That is about 245 kids. That would mean under the age of 18 there are about 4415 cochlear implant candidates. Sick Kids celebrated their 500th implant in 2005....add 150 more for the last three years....that means they have implanted 650 of the 4415. That is about 15%, not 98%

But that is just one hospital, but it is by and far the largest in Canada for CI's.
 
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