A couple more chapters for my Book

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I am wearing my 3G now and Love it. I was talking to my Audie when

he hooked me up and I think he just gave me a couple more chapters

for my book that will cover getting my second ear implanted AND paid

for by my insurance. he claims.

A: There are " Twelve " TOTAL bialaterials that CA did in their study

B: ANY bialatial that was PAID for thru Insurance was only due to a

MISTAKE and that NOT ONE bilaterial has been APROVED thru Insurance.

He also said that he would rather see ONE person get a BIG benefit

from ONE CI than a person getting a little extra benifit from having

a second! It burned me up big time but I held myself back.. I know HE

would NOT feel the same if he LOST all his hearing in BOTH ears..

Love to hear from anyone that has bilaterial implants on this one.

AND we should really get a forum on Oprah with this as the topic.

Cheers,

Evel

[Guest guest]

Well, Evel, your audie is WRONG! I am bilateral and my second implant was

paid for by my insurance. At first they denied the second implant, but we

appealed and then they approved it!! It always amazes me how some people

are so ill informed about things that they should know about LOL!!!!

Good luck in your quest to go bilateral and if need by, change audies.

Lois

progressive hearing loss-14 yrs.

right-N24C-9/17/02

left-N24C-8/23/03

[Guest guest]

Evel,

I would not let my audie do that if he told me such a thing. Tell

him! He may be a good audie, but he needs to realize that was not a

professional opinion.

*---* *---* *---* *---* *---*

My mechanic told me, " I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your

horn louder. "

--

& Gimlet (Guide Dawggie)

Portland, Oregon

N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup

rlclark77@...

http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/

[Guest guest]

Hi Evel!

Below are some links to an article from the Virginian Pilot Sunday

paper on a little girl that now has bilateral CIs.

http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?

Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMailGifMSIE & Type=text/html & Path=VirginianPil

ot/2004/06/13 & ID=Ar00100 & ChunkNum=0

(don't forget to use the link below to get to page 3 of this article)

>PAGE 3

>

>CLICK THIS LINK to see clipping:

http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Repository/ml.asp?

Issue=VirginianPilot/2004/06/13 & ID=Ar01500 & Mode=Gif

(a.k.a. BunEWabbit)

> Hi All,

> I am wearing my 3G now and Love it. I was talking to my Audie

when

> he hooked me up and I think he just gave me a couple more chapters

> for my book that will cover getting my second ear implanted AND

paid

> for by my insurance. he claims.

> A: There are " Twelve " TOTAL bialaterials that CA did in their study

> B: ANY bialatial that was PAID for thru Insurance was only due to

a

> MISTAKE and that NOT ONE bilaterial has been APROVED thru

Insurance.

>

> He also said that he would rather see ONE person get a BIG benefit

> from ONE CI than a person getting a little extra benifit from

having

> a second! It burned me up big time but I held myself back.. I know

HE

> would NOT feel the same if he LOST all his hearing in BOTH ears..

>

> Love to hear from anyone that has bilaterial implants on this one.

> AND we should really get a forum on Oprah with this as the topic.

>

> Cheers,

> Evel