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[Guest guest]

Hello and welcome.

I was born in the Midlands, at Wednesfield Staffordshire, which is

close to Wolverhampton, which in turn isnt far away from Birmingham.

Does the NHS cover CI's for anyone in the UK?

Ted F.

In Australia for the past 37 years.

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> Hi Alice, folks

>

> Just to say hello and introduce myself, having just joined the site.

>

> Walton, from the midlands region of the UK, aged 60, and

> thoroughly enjoying early retirement.

>

> Implanted Sept'05 and activated Oct '05, with Cochlear

Nucleus > Freedom on right ear.

>

> Voluntary CI advocate on Cochlear UK team.

>

[Guest guest]

Hello Ted (or as my australian rellies would say,g'day!)

What a well travelled midlander you are, did you go over on the

emigration scheme, as my brother and sisters families did? They are

all settled around NSW, with their oz born dynasty.If I could afford

it I would be out there too(assuming I cold get in!!)

We actually live in Wigston, which is just south of Leicester(where

statistics say that white people will be an ethnic minority by next

year)

Yes, the NHS provides and maintains CIs(seldom more than one each)

for a money-limited numer of people each year.There are 5 children

implanted for every 1 adult.The Nottingham centre, where I go,is one

of the largest,and does 12 adults and 60 children a year.

As a result, the criteria for acceptance of adults is pretty strict:

action one on joining the programe is to see if buying you a very

expensive hearing aid will do instead! Many of us campaign and lobby

for more CI funding, but you will know even 11000 miles away that the

NHS is a bottomless pot, that swallows money endlessly and seldom

improves.

The CI centre is the best bit of the NHS I have ever found. it would

be churlish to try and find fault with those who gave you back yor

hearing after 20 years

regards

> >

> > Hi Alice, folks

> >

> > Just to say hello and introduce myself, having just joined the

site.

> >

> > Walton, from the midlands region of the UK, aged 60, and

> > thoroughly enjoying early retirement.

> >

> > Implanted Sept'05 and activated Oct '05, with Cochlear

> Nucleus > Freedom on right ear.

> >

> > Voluntary CI advocate on Cochlear UK team.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hello Ted (or as my australian rellies would say,g'day!)

What a well travelled midlander you are, did you go over on the

emigration scheme, as my brother and sisters families did? They are

all settled around NSW, with their oz born dynasty.If I could afford

it I would be out there too(assuming I cold get in!!)

We actually live in Wigston, which is just south of Leicester(where

statistics say that white people will be an ethnic minority by next

year)

Yes, the NHS provides and maintains CIs(seldom more than one each)

for a money-limited numer of people each year.There are 5 children

implanted for every 1 adult.The Nottingham centre, where I go,is one

of the largest,and does 12 adults and 60 children a year.

As a result, the criteria for acceptance of adults is pretty strict:

action one on joining the programe is to see if buying you a very

expensive hearing aid will do instead! Many of us campaign and lobby

for more CI funding, but you will know even 11000 miles away that the

NHS is a bottomless pot, that swallows money endlessly and seldom

improves.

The CI centre is the best bit of the NHS I have ever found. it would

be churlish to try and find fault with those who gave you back yor

hearing after 20 years

regards

> >

> > Hi Alice, folks

> >

> > Just to say hello and introduce myself, having just joined the

site.

> >

> > Walton, from the midlands region of the UK, aged 60, and

> > thoroughly enjoying early retirement.

> >

> > Implanted Sept'05 and activated Oct '05, with Cochlear

> Nucleus > Freedom on right ear.

> >

> > Voluntary CI advocate on Cochlear UK team.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

G'day , theres still a lot of Britishness in me, so thats still

not an expression I use very often.

We DID come " out here " under the 10 pound emigration scheme, we were

called 10 pound tourists :-). We went to live in a hostel at a place

called (don't laugh) Fairy Meadow. We only stayed there for 5 months

and bought our own house. I still have 3 sisters and a brother back

in the UK.

I worked for 17 years as an underground coal miner and it was this

long exposure to loud noise, combined with a hereditary deafness

factor that I didnt know anything about then, that led to me losing

my hearing.

I had worn two hearing aids since 1978 and for the past 15 of those

years, power aids. It was only when I bought state of the art digital

aids, that still didnt help me much, that I was told about CI's. I

was apprehensive at first when I heard that one would lose what

residual hearing one still had left, in the implanted ear. But it was

all to turn out very well for me, as I could hear very well, right

from activation. I have the Freedom by Cochlear, which as you know is

an Aussie company. CI's and wine casks, pretty good inventors the

Aussies ;-)

My CI was paid for by the Disability Dept and as such, I can't get a

second one unless I win the lotto. We don't have the Pools over here,

Vernons, Littlewoods etc and the fixed odds ones. Queensland has a

similar system to the NHS, they implant about 22 adults a year and

will always find the money for children. I was told initially that

the waiting list was 4 years, but I got mine in under 2.

Its s great group you have joined and you might be able to pass some

useful info on to someone else who is going through the early stages

of meeting the criteria to get a CI.

I live on the Gold Coast in Queensland now, my wife and I are

seperated. We still live close to each other and get on pretty well,

but couldnt live together again. In fact we both live in a security

gated complex, I moved in first and my wife moved in about 6 months

later, so we are almost next door neighbours.

Ted F.

>

> Hello Ted (or as my australian rellies would say,g'day!)

>

> What a well travelled midlander you are, did you go over on the

> emigration scheme, as my brother and sisters families did? They are

> all settled around NSW, with their oz born dynasty.If I could

afford

> it I would be out there too(assuming I cold get in!!)

>

> We actually live in Wigston, which is just south of Leicester(where

> statistics say that white people will be an ethnic minority by next

> year)

>

> Yes, the NHS provides and maintains CIs(seldom more than one each)

> for a money-limited numer of people each year.There are 5 children

> implanted for every 1 adult.The Nottingham centre, where I go,is

one

> of the largest,and does 12 adults and 60 children a year.

>

> As a result, the criteria for acceptance of adults is pretty

strict:

> action one on joining the programe is to see if buying you a very

> expensive hearing aid will do instead! Many of us campaign and

lobby

> for more CI funding, but you will know even 11000 miles away that

the

> NHS is a bottomless pot, that swallows money endlessly and seldom

> improves.

>

> The CI centre is the best bit of the NHS I have ever found. it

would

> be churlish to try and find fault with those who gave you back yor

> hearing after 20 years

>

> regards

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Estelle, welcome to the group.

When you say that your mouse is causing you problems, it could be that

simply trying a different mouse may help. I assume you have a mouse

with a red light on the bottom? They used to make mice with roller balls

on the bottom, and these might be easier to tolerate. But you'd need to

find one at a used computer parts store, or on eBay. Also, some problems

with computer mice are really noise from the computer propagating

to your mouse. In such a case, it's not the mouse that's the problem

but rather the computer. Using a fiber optic USB cable would certainly

solve that problem, but these are pretty expensive (around $200 for

such a cable, and at a long length like 30 feet!). Someone here has

apparently also had success with wrapping the cable around a " ferrite " ,

and perhaps he'll have some good instructions on exactly how to do

that. This is a much cheaper solution, as a ferrite would cost less

than $20, but you may need a mouse extension cord to wrap it around

the ferrite.

Also, if your computer has both a PS/2 port and a USB port, it's

possible (I guess) that the 2 ports might have different amounts

of RF noise, so using a mouse compatible with the better port might

be a solution.

Marc

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 04/12/2009 23:00:37 GMT Standard Time,

marc@... writes:

Hi Estelle, welcome to the group.

When you say that your mouse is causing you problems, it could be that

simply trying a different mouse may help. I assume you have a mouse

with a red light on the bottom? They used to make mice with roller balls

on the bottom, and these might be easier to tolerate. But you'd need to

PUK replies - I purchased a infared mouse which has a separate receiver to

the mouse, and the mouse runs on a battery, however I still got problems

from this as the battery mouse emits a HF signal into the hand

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 04/12/2009 20:44:41 GMT Standard Time, e4health@...

writes:

At present, my computer mouse is causing me great distress. I have a

tremor in that hand and my whole body sometimes feels very agitated.

My computer is in a computer box that is vented outside so I don't get the

fumes but I must solve this mouse problems.

PUK - you have to find some way of breaking the circuit between you and the

computer, having your hand on the mouse and the other on the keyboard or

evan same table can lead to a good circuit bening set up between you and the

computer, you then act I guess like a capacitor and start to store up alot

of the negative unnatural enery., Distance is the key or better still

abstinance.

[Guest guest]

What about covering it with something, like one of those silicone pot holders

they have now? Since it's only a semiconductor, maybe that would be enough to

reduce it's effect on the hand. Anyone have one, or a mitt to give it a try?

" Mouse in a Mitt " , lol.

I won't use those laser mice, they are nasty.

~ Snoshoe

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> In a message dated 04/12/2009 20:44:41 GMT Standard Time, e4health@...

> writes:

>

> At present, my computer mouse is causing me great distress. I have a

> tremor in that hand and my whole body sometimes feels very agitated.

> My computer is in a computer box that is vented outside so I don't get the

> fumes but I must solve this mouse problems.

>

>

>

> PUK - you have to find some way of breaking the circuit between you and the

> computer, having your hand on the mouse and the other on the keyboard or

> evan same table can lead to a good circuit bening set up between you and the

> computer, you then act I guess like a capacitor and start to store up alot

> of the negative unnatural enery., Distance is the key or better still

> abstinance.

>

>

>