hearing aids re-visited

[Tom-D]

Watched the Video where (Rush) was wearing Hearing aids..what type hearing aids were they they.

 

[Bell206]

what type hearing aids were they

They're cochlear implants.

 

[JOhnH]

Cochlear implants. For the profoundly deaf.

 

[Tom-D]

Cochlear implants. For the profoundly deaf.

Thanks, I'm not there yet.
(love google)

 

[Timbeck2]

Rush the band or Rush Limbaugh? One is an aid, the other is a monitor.

 

[Matthew]

I think he has 2? I’ve only known people with one, maybe because of the expense.

 

[JOhnH]

I think he has 2? I’ve only known people with one, maybe because of the expense.

They are around $100k each.
But the good news, unless you are a young tax payer, is that Medicare covers them. But you have to qualify and prove that regular hearing aids don't give you at least some amount of hearing in a quiet room. I am stone deaf without hearing aids, but with them I can hear pretty well, so I don't qualify.

 

[Tom-D]

They are around $100k each.
But the good news, unless you are a young tax payer, is that Medicare covers them. But you have to qualify and prove that regular hearing aids don't give you at least some amount of hearing in a quiet room. I am stone deaf without hearing aids, but with them I can hear pretty well, so I don't qualify.

VA provide mine, my hearing is good enough that I can get away with out them. The high frequency is gone but the normal range is good enough.