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I think she’s in the process now of finding out if her insurance will cover it, I will definitely pass on your comments! Thank you for answering my questions so promptly! She texts and emails mostly, but gets frustrated that she has to have me or my dad make phone calls for her, that watching a movie or video needs to be subtitled (not always possible), etc.

Hi! Thank you for doing this AMA!

My family has a hereditary hearing loss. My mom began losing her hearing in her 30s, and has been wearing hearing aids. She just found out that she’s eligible to get a cochlear implant on the left side, and will continue to have a hearing aid on the right side (bimodal, I think the term is?).

One of her concerns is that it might not be “worth it”, as it’s irreversible if a new technology comes along. She is currently not able to talk on the phone, listen to music, hear much if people aren’t facing her/talking loudly, etc. I guess my question is, is the cochlear implant worth it? The literature she got sounds like she’ll be able to make her own phone calls again, listen to music - it even said that hearing people talk after so long will seem “annoying”.

Thank you!