Aural Rehabilitation and Hearing Aids
Kevin Pons
kpons at BYELECTRIC.COM
Sun Nov 30 10:55:53 EST 1997
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The historic beginnings of audiology are clearly honorable and we still =
needed to keep our mission of service to the hearing impaired foremost =
in our thoughts as we provide services to the hearing impaired. The =
reality of the service however requires Audiologists to provide services =
that will generate income for our own private practices or the =
corporations which employ us. If these services do not generate =
sufficient income and profit, the service will cease to exist. If =
patients in sufficient quantity are unwilling or unable to pay for these =
services and if insurance companies do not recognize these services as a =
payable service then these services will not be offered very long. The =
cost of hearing aids with appropriate and sufficient sophistication is =
already prohibitive for many hearing impaired despite the fact that they =
provide a clarity of sound that is unprecedented. The noble foundations =
of Audiology, the needs of our patients, the reality of the marketplace =
and the intransigence of insurance company create a situation which is =
problematic.
Sincerely,
Kevin C. Pons
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The historic beginnings of audiology are clearly =
honorable and=20
we still needed to keep our mission of service to the hearing impaired =
foremost=20
in our thoughts as we provide services to the hearing impaired. =
The=20
reality of the service however requires Audiologists to provide services =
that=20
will generate income for our own private practices or the corporations =
which=20
employ us. If these services do not generate sufficient income and =
profit,=20
the service will cease to exist. If patients in sufficient =
quantity are=20
unwilling or unable to pay for these services and if insurance companies =
do not=20
recognize these services as a payable service then these services will =
not be=20
offered very long. The cost of hearing aids with appropriate and=20
sufficient sophistication is already prohibitive for many hearing =
impaired=20
despite the fact that they provide a clarity of sound that is=20
unprecedented. The noble foundations of Audiology, the needs =
of our=20
patients, the reality of the marketplace and the intransigence of =
insurance=20
company create a situation which is problematic.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Kevin C. Pons</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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