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Facts about Cochlear
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Research has shown cochlear
implants to be one of the most cost-effective medical treatments
of our day, far greater than coronary bypass surgery or kidney
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Children
with at least two years of cochlear implant experience are placed in
mainstream normal hearing classrooms at twice the rate of hearing
impaired children without implants. This saves the education system
up to $200,000 in cost from first through twelfth grade. |
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It costs
$40,000 dollars to implant one child during infancy to the age of
three years. Project Hope has calculated that for every dollar spent
on cochlear implants, society saves $25.00 in specialized services.
This calculates to one million dollars in savings per child
implanted. |
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Cochlear
implant centers are recouping only twenty-five percent to
seventy-five percent of their actual costs from insurance and
government programs, losing up to $30,000 per child implanted, and
many are facing shutdown. |
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Bibliography/References |
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- Project HOPE, Policy Analysis
Brief, April, 2000.
- Project HOPE, Calculations
from the 1990-91 National Health Survey and U.S. Census, 1991.
- Cochlear Implants in the
Workplace, B. Dinner PhD, Jan 1989.
- Department of Education's
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services;
Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 1997.
- RAND Health Research,
"Low Levels of Insurance Reimbursement Impede Access to
Cochlear Implants", May 2000.
- Journal of the American
Medical Association, Volume 284, No.7, August 16, 2000.
- American Journal of Otology
1995; 16:52-62.
- Archives of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery 1999; 125:499-505.
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