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Maybe you're thinking about the costs of getting a cochlear implant? Having worn hearing aids for 3 decades (in the US), and not going cheap, the high end name
by gertlex 2y ago
Maybe you're thinking about the costs of getting a cochlear implant?
Having worn hearing aids for 3 decades (in the US), and not going cheap, the high end name-brand ones have always been about 4-6k for a pair. (and most of the time growing up, health insurance didn't cover it)
From everything I've ever seen or in any conversation online, 50k is either a misremembered or made up number for BTE or in-the-canal hearing aids.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoYou are correct. I have a profoundly deaf friend with cochlear aids. They are a lot more expensive. Thanks so much for the comment.
- gertlex 2y agoGlad to help! At my recent audiologist appointment, it escalated to being suggested that I go for a cochlear implant consultation for one of my ears (I figured why not, despite not personally thinking this was something I'd do any time soon). Apparently it's actually quite possibly mostly covered by my health insurance due to showing medical necessity... I'm fortunate that I could reasonably plan to pay for it myself... the bigger hold-up/concern/issue has been the drastic change in "how I hear" that it would involve. (experiences are widely variable it sounds like, but loosely about a year for the brain to gradually learn and improve how it uses the new input?) I haven't even opened the manufacturers' books given to me, or done more research on the possibility since that appointment though...