Re: medicare and hearing aids for adults

[Guest guest]

,

Seeing that we live in Illinois, my Father went through Illinois Lions.

Maybe you can contact your Lions Club and ask them if they can help you

locate a Lions Club near Grandma. As bad as it sounds, my children were

also excited when Papa got his aids. The only think is, Lions will only

provide one hearing aid. This is better than nothing though. It sure does

cut down on the cost.

I hope this helps.

Donna,

mother to ny 6, severe/profound

3, moderate

> Hi All:

> I need some help. I finally talked my 86 yr. old

> grandmother into having her hearing checked. She

> lives about 850 miles from me so I could not take here

> to the audi. She is on medicare and receives a small

> check from social security. She has a loss and the

> audi ordered her Phonak bte hearing aids (she is not

> sure if they are analog, digital or digitally

> programable.) They are going to cost her $2500. She

> is a proud woman and did not mention the cost being a

> problem to the Audi. But, that is about half of all

> the money she has. I'm thinking she just needs a

> basic analog hearing aid. I'm going to call her Audi

> tomorrow and talk with her about the type, etc. I

> realize we deal with kids here; but I was hoping

> someone could help me. Does medicare pay for hearing

> aids? I looked for the Lyon's club and Sertoma on the

> Net in her town; but I could not find them. Any

> ideas?

>

> Thank you....I feel responsible since I'm the one who

> mentioned she needed to get her hearing checked. FYI,

> my daughter is delighted that Grand Mae (her

> great grandma) is going to get hearing aids like her.

>

> , Mom to mod-sev; Phonak Claro 311

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

> Does medicare pay for hearing

> aids?

From

http://www.hearinghealth.net/cms/index.cfm?displayArticle=17

Original Medicare does not cover hearing aids, although some Medicare

Managed Care Plans and Medicare Private Fee-for-Service Plans offer some

coverage for related services, such as hearing exams and fitting

evaluations.

(Though they do pay for cochlear implants, but not much.)

> I'm going to call her Audi

> tomorrow and talk with her about the type, etc.

If you haven't asked already, ask about any programs there may be in your

area that will help fund these hearing aids.

> Any

> ideas?

You may be able to find something helpful here:

http://www.listen-up.org/haidfund.htm

Kay