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For hearing loss, refers to less than average ability to hear and understand sounds due to one or more parts of the hearing system not working properly.

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For hearing loss, refers to problems hearing in both ears, not just one.

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For hearing loss, refers to problems hearing in one, but not both ears

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People with mild hearing loss have some difficulty following speech, mainly in noisy situations; quietest sounds they can hear in their better ear average between 25 and 39 decibels (a standard measure of sound)

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People with moderate hearing loss have difficulty following speech without a hearing aid; quietest sounds they can hear in their better ear average between 40 and 69 decibels (a standard measure of sound).

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People with severe hearing loss get help from powerful hearing aids, but often rely on lip-reading even when using an aid; quietest sounds they can hear in their better ear average between 70 and 95 decibels (a standard measure of sound).

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People with profound hearing loss mostly rely on lip-reading and/or sign language; the quietest sounds heard in their better ear average from 95 decibels or louder (a standard measure of sound).

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A disease in which bone grows abnormally in the middle ear preventing structures within the ear from working properly and causing hearing loss.

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Part of the ear that contains both the organ of hearing (the cochlea) and the organ of balance (the labyrinth).

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A high-pitched, sometime painful, whistling sound that occurs when a microphone picks up sound from a nearby speaker and replays it again and again (commonly occurs when a poorly fitting hearing aid earmold allows sound to “leak” from the speaker back into the microphone).

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Electronic devices or accessories for hearing aids that provide extra help in specific listening situations (telephone, noisy backgrounds, small or large group settings, etc.).

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Hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve, also called nerve deafness.

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A portion of the lower skull bone that contains the inner ear.

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For individuals who previously experienced hearing and get a cochlear implant, the comprehensive training program that “re-teaches” them how to hear and interpret sounds, to recover any lost speech skills, and to properly use the cochlear implant speech processor and controls.

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For individuals who had not previously experience hearing and get a cochlear implant, the comprehensive training program that teaches them to hear and interpret sounds, to develop or improve speech skills, and to properly use the cochlear implant speech processor and controls.

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For health insurance, coverage involves making sure a health plan or policy pays for the cochlear implant device and related professional services (for example, physician and audiology services). Usually, you go through a preauthorization process. This means getting a guarantee from the health insurance plan that they will pay for the implant and services before getting treatment.

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For health insurance, billing involves the process by which health care providers charge, code, and submit their bills (in the form of a claim) to the health insurance company or plan.

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For health insurance, payment involves getting the full amount allowed for services given a health plan’s limitations, allowables, deductibles, and co-payments.

 
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Resources for cochlear implant recipients

Nucleus Forum: Online Peer Counseling and Support for the Cochlear Implant Community.
The Nucleus forum is an email based listserv that is operated by Cochlear.  It is open to anyone with any kind of cochlear implant device.  Read additional information on how to subscribe and participate in the Forum.

Beyond Hearing (Duke University): Discussion related to hearing loss; not just cochlear implants.  To subscribe, send a message to dmimi@acpub.duke.edu and in the text put “subscribe beyond-hearing”  (no need to give your name).  Use no subject.

CI Circle: Primarily intended for parents of hearing impaired children with cochlear implants and those researching cochlear implants for their children.  To subscribe, send an email to the following address (exactly as shown):  majordomo@mysql.maxbaud.net.  In the body of the message type: subscribe cicircle@mysql.maxbaud.net if you want the regular version, or subscribe cicircle-digest@mysql.maxbaud.net for the digest version.

Deafonline Forums: is a discussion forum for Deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, cochlear implant users and many others to share information, thoughts, opinions, news and ideas on a variety of hearing loss or deaf related topics and issues. There is a wide range of topics to choose from cochlear implants, education to technologies - http://www.deafonline.org/

SWC_CI: the Say What Club sponsors this list. The list provides information and support to new and current CI users. For more information or to subscribe - please contact: info@saywhatclub.com.

York U CI List: send message to listserv@yorku.ca and in the text put “subscribe ci firstname lastname” (without quotes and using your real name).  Do not put anything in the subject line.

Yahoo Groups: Cochlear Implant Mail Lists
An email list for candidates and recipients interested in talking about cochlear implants.
To subscribe, go to www.yahoogroups.com/group/ci and click on the subscribe button.

CIHear: To subscribe, send an email to:  CIHear-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Prelinguals Cochlear Implant Mailing list: You can take a look at the website first and look at archived messages.  http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/CI-Prelinguals
To contact, send e-mail to:
Post message:  CI-Prelinguals@yahoogroups.com
Subscribe:    CI-Prelinguals-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Unsubscribe:  CI-Prelinguals-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

You can post short message asking any question on implant.  Be sure to tell little about yourself.   Age, hometown, deaf history, etc.

Problem CI:  If your CI is not performing correctly (first contact your audiologist or clinic) but you can also get advice from this list.  If you are investigating an implant and wish to get a well-rounded view of the product, this list may be just the place.  To subscribe, send an email message to:  ProblemCI-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
 Post messages at:  ProblemCI@yahoogroups.com


CI Family: This is a mail list for adults and parents who have a cochlear implant or are interested in a cochlear implant for themselves or their child.  To subscribe to CI Family, send a message to:  CIFAMILY-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To post a message, send it to CIFAMILY@yahoogroups.com

Yahoo CI Forum: The CI mail list is for everyone interested in cochlear implants. Whether you have a CI, or are considering getting one, or are just curious about what they are, you’re welcome here. To subscribe, send an email to ci-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

After you receive confirmation, you will then be able to post to this list by sending your email message to ci@yahoogroups.com

Hearing Exchange: a bulletin board that offers a variety of topics where members can post information and comments for others to read.  To subscribe, go to the following website and complete the registration form:  http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi


 

For Parents:

CI Family: This is a mail list for adults and parents who have a cochlear implant or are interested in a cochlear implant for themselves or their child.  To subscribe to CI Family, send a message to:  CIFAMILY-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To post a message, send it to CIFAMILY@yahoogroups.com

CIParents group at Yahoo Groups

The CI Parents Group is a free, easy-to-use email group service. Please send an introduction. To start sending messages to members of this group, simply send e-mail to: CIParents@yahoogroups.com

If you no longer wish to receive messages through CI Parents, unsubscribe by sending an email to CIParents-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

You may also visit the eGroups web site to modify your subscriptions: http://www.yahoogroups.com/mygroups               
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