News
and Events
This page was created to assist our patients, their families,
and friends on the news and events pertaining to The Listening
Center,
our staff and the latest information about cochlear implantation.
Keep coming back frequently for updates and important notices.
Many CI device manufacturers will reimburse
for the cost of these Pneumovax shots:
For patients with Advanced Bionics
devices, there is an incentive program for children and adults,
which provides reimbursement for vaccinations. Please visit the
following website for more information, click
this link
For patients with a Nucleus device
from Cochlear Corporation you can call 1-800-633-4667 for information
regarding reimbursement.
Med El is in the process of creating a program. Their customer
service number is 1-888-633-3524.
Advice for Patients with Cochlear Implants:
New Information on Meningitis Risk
Issued: October 10, 2007
New Information on Meningitis Risk
* Two cochlear implant patients recently died from infections.
Neither one was fully vaccinated. One of these two likely died
because of the lack of vaccination.
* A survey of parents of cochlear implanted children showed nearly
half of them did not know whether their child had been fully vaccinated.
This Advice for Patients is to remind you of the increased and
life-threatening risk of bacterial meningitis in cochlear implant
patients and the importance of their being fully vaccinated. To
read the full posting click
here
To the Listening Center Patients and
their Families
An important letter from The Listening Center pertaining
to Pneumovax vaccination. To read the letter in pdf form, please
click here
Cochlear implant
reintroduces woman to the joys of hearing
FREDERICK -- A row of plush red Elmos sit atop the piano in Denise
Portis's living room. They are a reminder of a significant moment
in her life.
Walking through a toy store around Christmas, she heard a laugh.
It was a sound she recognized from childhood, and it was a sound
she heard and recognized without any help. It was the Sesame Street
character Elmo!
To read more, click
here
Living with hearing loss
About 28 million Americans live with hearing loss. As baby boomers
continue to age, that number is expected to nearly double by 2030.
Trauma, infection, heredity, aging and exposure to loud sounds
can cause hearing loss. It can be sudden or come with aging. According
to the Hearing Loss Association of America, most hearing losses
develop over a period of 25 to 30 years. - To read more, click
here
Former Miss America Gets Miracle
Ear Implant
(WJZ) It's the moment Heather Whitestone McCallum has waited a
lifetime for, and it's something most of us take for granted -
hearing with both ears
To read more and view the video, click
here
Former Miss America Gets Hearing
Help - Click
here to view the video
To download a pdf file of "The
Road to Getting a Cochlear Implant - Cochlear Implant candidacy
Process", by Jennifer Yeagle
please click here
