You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
--R
On 3/4/15 6:22 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Since you brought it up....
I have had partial hearing loss in my left ear since I was a child, due mainly
to some really nasty inner ear infections I had. The frequencies affected are
between 5kHz and 7kHz or thereabouts, smack dab in the middle of the range for
normal speech.
I would love to have some sort of hearing aid or assistive device. While I can
hear, the lack of hearing in this range makes it pretty much impossible for me
to carry on a conversation with anyone in an environment with a lot of
background noise, like a loud restaurant or at a party. If you speak to me in
one of these places I can see your lips move but I can't hear a damned thing
you say. It's frustrating and isolating.
Insurance has never covered hearing aids. Why???? I can buy insurance for
vision, just about any other assistive device for any deficiencies I have as a
human, but not hearing aids.
This is one of the reasons we changed over to Costco. They are supposed to
have in-house audiologists and good deals on hearing aids. I haven't had a
chance to check this out, but it's pretty high on my list.
Dan
On Mar 4, 2015, at 6:09 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Yes, many in the mental health systems saw that one coming, but they didn't
have a voice in Washington.
What the mental health professionals wanted was the closing of the massive
institutions, replacing them with smaller ones for acute treatment and
outpatient clinics. What they got was de-funding of the whole system, so
only the rich could afford mental health treatment of any significance.
Which brings me to another pet peeve of mine, health insurance. It makes NO
sense to insure for treatment of one part of your body and not another. It
should be all or none. Separate insurance for heart disease, teeth, vision,
mental health, etc. is absurd.
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