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5965
Val, Did it ask if you wear hearing aids or consider yourself to have a disability? Just wondered as most products in the catalogue are required by people who...
legworks03
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Oct 1, 2005
11:17 am
5966
Hello can i ask you all how do you prove you have a hearing disability if you dont recieve DLA? michelle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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hunnybaby123...
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Oct 1, 2005
12:50 pm
5967
Do you wear hearing aids? have you had a hearing test which showed abnormal hearing? I would think that's all you need ... From: michellewdby@... To:...
Anne Morgan
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Oct 1, 2005
1:04 pm
5968
hiya yes i do have hearing aids for both ears, i have been diagnosed as having otosclerosis (stapes and cochlea) but i have been asked in the past to prove my...
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hunnybaby123...
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Oct 1, 2005
2:31 pm
5969
Sorry Michelle, I don't understand how you can have been properly diagnosed with hearing loss and other problems, and still have your disability queried. Who...
Anne Morgan
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Oct 1, 2005
3:35 pm
5970
Sorry Michelle, I don't understand how you can have been properly diagnosed with hearing loss and other problems ive had many audio tests done/also a scan to...
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hunnybaby123...
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Oct 1, 2005
4:23 pm
5971
That is indeed unfair Michelle. ... From: michellewdby@... To: hardofhearinguk@... Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: Re:...
Anne Morgan
fudg1em
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Oct 1, 2005
5:10 pm
5972
The phone I was looking at was on the deaf equipment web sight they just asked you to tick the box. This phone by the way ids for work they will pay me back...
Val Cooke
crazycookie1969
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Oct 1, 2005
5:48 pm
5973
any use? http://www.benefitsnow.co.uk/RNID/questionnaires.asp Is there a pressure group I should join to get positive changes made?...
Mike
g0hci
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Oct 1, 2005
7:26 pm
5974
In a message dated 01/10/2005 20:27:44 GMT Daylight Time, g0hci@... writes: http://www.benefitsnow.co.uk/RNID/questionnaires.asp thankyou i will have...
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hunnybaby123...
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Oct 1, 2005
11:51 pm
5975
I have heard there is going to be a three year waiting list for hearing aids on the N H S, has anyone else heard about this? Would like to receive your...
valerie smith
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Oct 3, 2005
9:41 am
5976
hello my digital NHS hearing aids where ordered in december 04 and i recieved them april 05. Im not sure if things have changed since then, i suppose it...
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hunnybaby123...
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Oct 3, 2005
10:32 am
5977
HI Val , I saw that on the new and in the paper .It said that the wait was up to 3 years in some areas .It's not that long round our way thank god ! Elaine xx ...
elaine
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Oct 3, 2005
12:37 pm
5978
I think waiting times are slowly going down though, not up. Again, there might be some execptions to the rule and it depends on the area, but generally...
Saffron
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Oct 3, 2005
2:28 pm
5979
One of our members emailed me this and asked if I could post it here: Deafened actor performs own show at Battersea Arts Centre Actor Tim Barlow will be...
Saffron
hohsaffron
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Oct 3, 2005
4:04 pm
5980
I said "this Saturday", but it's actually on Sat 15th October! Sorry!...
Saffron
hohsaffron
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Oct 3, 2005
4:29 pm
5981
If you were issued with an NHS aid - YOU ARE ALREADY on their database and one would think that would be sufficient to be short-listed for an upgrade (of...
Mike
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Oct 3, 2005
4:33 pm
5982
I've often wondered why software could not be given to patients who own computers and are able to download it, in order to allow them to do their own...
Saffron
hohsaffron
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Oct 3, 2005
6:12 pm
5983
I got the impression it was just certain areas where there is a shortage of trained audiologists that have the huge delays and in other areas things are...
elaine
cello_ace
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Oct 3, 2005
6:31 pm
5984
Yep! At Stoke Mandeville (Aylesbury) it is a long long wait. ... -- www.tekbuild.co.uk...
Ian Game
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Oct 3, 2005
6:43 pm
5985
Whenever I go to the audiology department (which is much fewer times than I use to thank gawd) I seem to be the only patient there and there are about half a...
mazza_1961
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Oct 3, 2005
9:01 pm
5986
It does seem to vary a lot from hospital to hospital. In Cambridge, there are a few audiologists, but whenever I go, they're always rushed off their feet and...
Saffron
hohsaffron
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Oct 3, 2005
9:47 pm
5987
Hi all , Things seem to be hotting up here in the NW as far as research into Menieres Disease is concerned (and about time too I hear you all say :lol: !). ...
elaine
cello_ace
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Oct 4, 2005
4:37 pm
5988
Hi all Funny enough I went for my annual appointment last Tuesday and as Mazza said I was the only one there. They told me this was because a lot of people...
Val Cooke
crazycookie1969
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Oct 4, 2005
4:50 pm
5989
That sounds very interesting. Nice to see that there is enough interest in research into this area (I find that ear research is often shunned by doctors and...
Saffron
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Oct 4, 2005
5:00 pm
5990
Yes, that's a problem when appointments are sent so far in advance. You'd think that it's cheaper for the NHS to send a reminder letter than to have to re-book...
Saffron
hohsaffron
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Oct 4, 2005
5:01 pm
5991
... Which was when?...
Ian Game
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Oct 4, 2005
5:06 pm
5992
Thanks Saff .I agree .Will keep you posted , Elaine xx ... interest ... shunned ... <cello_ace@h...> ... into ... frequency...
elaine
cello_ace
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Oct 4, 2005
9:55 pm
5993
Good luck with your research Elaine. Mazza ... all ... an...
mazza_1961
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Oct 5, 2005
9:10 am
5994
Wow audiology appointments sent a year in advance. That's ridiculous. How do they know what their staffing situation is going to be like besides anything...
mazza_1961
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Oct 5, 2005
9:15 am
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