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Hi Akbar,

What made you chose the Clarion implant for your daughter? last I

heard from you it was a choice between Nucleus and Med-el since she was

going to Germany for the implant.

Isn't her speech processor covered by some kind of warranty? I

thought Clarion did insure the processor for at least a year. Write to

the company and find out if it is covered by a warranty since it is less

than a year old. Their e-mail address is: www.bionicear.com

Not sure what the story is on how much people get charged. I've never

needed a repair to my Nucleus that I had to pay for. And I haven't

needed but 2 or 3 repairs in 7 years.

Good luck,

Nucleus Volunteer

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:59:18 -0700 (PDT)

From: Akbar Al-Khaboury <akbaroman@...>

Subject: Re: Outside USA / non-insurance - Mazoon

Hi,

My 11y daughter (Mazoon) received her CII BTE on

16/7/2003. We live in Oman (east to Dubai) and I am

not sure weather my daughter's processor is covered

by insurance. Around 2 months a go, my daughter's fail

down and break in pieces. I have paid USD 550/- plus

custoem as repaire charges. For sure its much more

then then what people pay in USA. Don't you think so

that charges should be same for all CI users

regardless to their nationalites.

As have to depend on AB for remaining of our life for

my daughter's CI. I am just saying we have to be

treated equally. There was no SOLID answer from AB for

the high charges.

Is there any way on insuring the processor out of

USA??

Regards & Thanks,

Akbar & Mazzon (11y)

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