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chrissmom:
Hi Michelle,
Congratulations to you on your clean MRI.  That is the best news!  I pray for the same when Chris goes for his 6 month checkup in February.  You're still researching the hearing aids.  The specialists at Pittsburgh Ear suggested the Starkey Destiny CIC for Chris when he decided against the BAHA.  There were several types of Starkey destiny and the one she chose was a transcranial version.
Here is the website again, if you'd like to check it out.

http://www.starkey.com/

Unfortunately, we did not do very well with OVR.  It seems that I will have to pay an enormous amount before OVR will click in.  They didn't even consider his salary, which is unfair because he is over 21.  This is a temporary setback for now.I truly believe that healthcare insurance should pay for these.

ppearl214:
Michelle,

Wonderful news about the MRI!  :-*  Onward and upward, hun! :)  Good luck on the hearing aid device... and.... I do know.... a very dear friend of mine (remember my thread about NF2 and hearing implants seminar I went to with him?)..... well, he's working a device now and waiting on Mass Eye and Ear to come through on it..... so, please keep your fingers crossed for my friend.... he is SO looking out for us and keeps me constantly updated.  I will also be curious to see what is at the symposium from the vendor's standpoint regarding hearing devices available.

Cheryl, you know how irked I am about your situation.. .and I'm ready to raise cane on your behalf if need be.... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! 

xo
Phyl

Jeanlea:
I'm off to the audiologist tomorrow to see about getting a TransEar.  Then I'll see if I can get the insurance to pay the full cost.  The insurance wants the doctor to write a letter explaining why I need it.  Apparently my telling them I'm deaf after my surgery isn't good enough.  What a pain dealing with insurance! 

Jean

matti:
Jean - Good luck tomorrow ;D  My doctor also wrote a letter to my insurance company and while they did not cover the total cost, they did end up paying a few hundred dollars more.

I am still waiting for my audiologist to file down my new TransEar and program it, but I am wearing the first one and even though it is not quite the right size, I'm still getting a benefit.

please let us know how it goes tomorrow.

Phyl - I may take you up on that offer, can you be here on the 10th ;)

Hugs,
Cheryl

Boppie:
Jean, even though my health insurance was very sure and stated twice they would pay for my TransEar, I still had to get the letter from the ENT doctor to certify my deafness and "need".  The problem is, according to my audiologist, she had NEVER, EVER, heard of insurance pay off on any hearing aid.  Well, she had never sold a TransEar, nor a hearing aid for SSD due to surgery on an AN either.  The coding is so obscure, nobody knows how the write it up.  The code must include words like "deafness due to accident of surgery, or due to necessary surgery on the hearing nerve".  Yes, this is a big pain!  My aid was fitted in November 2005 and the billing went to the insurance company in December.  At our last check on the web site the bill still has not been paid to the ENT. 

But I'll just hang in there and wait for everybody to get their stuff together.  One thing for sure, our employee relations contact said it is covered.  All of this quibbling seems so silly.  My neurologist told me last year that a BAHA would have been covered at surgery time.

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