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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)

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