Notes In The Margin » baha

Five years ago, my beloved encouraged me to get a BAHA – Bone Attached Hearing Aid. It’s a device that’s implanted in my skull which bypasses the usual hearing apparatus and carries sound v...

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Last night we went to a party. A friend of ours graduated from nursing school. For the first time in more than 20 years, I felt completely comfortable at a party. I could hear conversations. I co...

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I am now wearing my new BAHA Intenso ®, which I acquired about 2 hours ago at the UK Hearing Clinic. As we walked out of the clinic, I heard a fire engine siren, and I knew which direction it wa...

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No, it’s not a 90s-era MP3 player. For those of you who never saw it, this is the Xomed Audiant, the hearing aid that I have had since 1987, when it was a prototype of an experimental device. I...

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This account is provided so that if anybody else has to appeal their charges to an insurance company, this might help them in some small way. Specifically, this account is of my appeal for covera...

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I certainly didn’t think, when I posted earlier this morning, to have a follow-up this quickly. I faxed several pages from my policy to the doctor, who faxed them to the insurance company, who ...

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A few weeks ago I mentioned that I am scheduled to have a BAHA installed. However, last week, we found out that, contrary to the audiologist’s expectations, the insurance company, Anthem Blue C...

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About 25 years ago, I had a tumor removed from my left ear. It was in the canal, in the middle ear area, and consumed the ossicles and the ear drum. Once the tumor was removed, I was almost compl...

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