Deaf/Hard of Hearing

left-of-center2012

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11. Cost of hearing aids can be deucted ...

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Wed Oct 15, 2014, 11:45 AM

Oct 2014

I live in an apartment owned and operated by the city housing authority. My rent is 1/3 of my annual income, broken into 12 monthly rent payments. Before figuring it out they deduct all my medical payments, co-pays, prescription co-pays, etc. After 7 years here, I just realized that they would also deduct the cost of hearing aids.

I was told in the past that the hearing aids I need would be about $1,200 each ear. So I'm thinking if I buy them, and the cost is deducted from what I'd need pay for rent, it'd be like getting the hearing aids free.

Does that make sense?

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No money for hearing aids [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 OP

talk to a local audiologist about refurbished ones. I got them for $400. uppityperson Oct 2012 #1

Hey Frank, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha uppityperson Oct 2012 #3

Check with your local VR office BillE Oct 2012 #2

DRS in VA didn't help me but Lions helped me and got a refurnished HA many years ago. deafskeptic Sep 2014 #5

Before I ever was able to afford hearing aids, I used a cheap little amplifier from tblue37 Dec 2013 #4

I know that the Lion's Club helps people with reconditioned glasses. Perhaps they tblue37 Sep 2014 #6

I don't think amplifier would have helped me or other deaf with profound hearing losses. deafskeptic Sep 2014 #8

My hearing loss is progressive, so it is worse now than it was then, but even tblue37 Sep 2014 #9

Oh, BTW, when I did finally manage to buy my high end digital aids tblue37 Sep 2014 #7

Me, too. Need 2 hearing aids. They told me $5,000. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2014 #10

Cost of hearing aids can be deucted ... left-of-center2012 Oct 2014 #11

veteran? blackcrowflies Dec 2014 #12