Guest guest Posted October 19, 2000 Report Share Posted October 19, 2000 , We were very insistent on getting 's aids quickly, as he was about to go through additional medical treatment that would have preclude him from being fitted for another 3 months. We simply took the audiologists recommendations for aids to a local hearing aid dispenser. She is wonderful and we have worked with her extensively in obtaining a better, more appropriate pair in the near future. I would recommend you try the same thing. Call several vendors to make an appointment as soon as possible. Then call your audiologist with the vendor's name and inform them of your intentions to persue this as quickly as possible. If you are paying private, you should have your aids as soon as the molds are done. That was the case with us. It takes us about 7 days to get back new molds and his hearing aids arrived the same day as his first set of molds. If your insurance is paying, be sure to have all of the claim forms with you when you have your initial visit with the vendor. It really shouldn't take much longer. We used Medicaid for 's first set of aids. All that was required before they could be ordered, was a prior approval. Now this is taking longer, because all requests must be made in writing with a letter of justification and a prescription. If this is your method of payment, call your audiologist IMMEDIATELY and get them on that letter right away. Set a time limit or deadline for the vendor to receive the letter, because it will be another 6-8 weeks before you will have an answer from Medicaid one way or another. Once the approval is given, the vendor can order them immediately from the maker. Hope this helps. On the personal front, is scheduled for removal of his adenoids and PE tubes on the 27th. His hearing in his left ear has deteriorated significantly due to excess fluid in the inner ear. The school is now also pursuing the interpreter services. We were trying to see if he really needed the interpreter, because all of his teachers sign. They sign everything in the class and all the children are expected to be able to carry on simple conversations in sign (this is a regular kindergarten class, with 3 special needs students integrated into it, being one of those students). I think this is wonderful, but he is not paying attention to the teachers and they are needing to use their hands for several activities a day, making it hard to sign EVERYTHING. So they have requested the interpreter to be brought in. In addition, he is now refusing to wear his FM system. I don't know why, he can't express it either. So I suggested that they use one or more FM systems with several children dx'd with ADD/ADHD in the classroom. That way he won't be the only one, and there is a great deal of documentation that ADD children do much better with an FM system. More or less, killing two birds with one stone! We shall see how it goes! Take care and God Bless. mommy to (4 yo, bilateral moderate - profound sloping loss due to chemo) and Annette (10 yo) <A HREF= " http://www.pilink.com/ny/my2angels/index.htm " >Click here: CaringBridge - my2angels</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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