
Help Ryan Hear
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Update: With finally hearing back from the company’s directly we have got the price for the Processors down a bit (updated total goal as of right now $15000 instead of 22,000) yay!!! With that being said it is still a lot of money and will have to make a few extra trips to Boston for processor decisions and fitting/programming(with separate non covered out of pocket costs).
We are trying to get Ryan a bilateral softband BAHA (Bone conduction hearing aids) so she can hear! Our insurance will only cover 1,400 of the cost Making us pay 22,000 + for her to get what she needs to hear. So we are creating this to help raise the money for her to get what she needs to hear and develop her speech. So she can also hear our voices loud and clear for the first time!
(Long Version) Miss Ryan was born with a few medical issues. She has gone through a lot so far in her 4 short months. The current one we are dealing with is her hearing. She was born with Bilateral Microtia which is small mis-formed ears. Her ears look like they are folded over with no opening to her canal(if there is a canal we don’t know 100% but does have an inner ear). With this it means she has moderate-severe.. more on the severe side of conductive hearing loss. So in order to hear at close to 100% and develop her speech she needs a device that will stimulate her inner ear to work. A BAHA (Bone conduction hearing aids). With her having bilateral microtia it would be the best for her to have 2 so she can also know where the sound is coming from. The BAHA would be on a Softband to sit on the bone. Our insurance only covers 1,400 making 22,000 + from what Boston Children’s quoted us (keeping all her specialty care in one place). So we are trying to raise the money so she can get these devices ASAP because the longer we wait the more it will affect her speech and will be more difficult when she finally is able to hear to adapt to all the noises of the world.
We appreciate every share and ever dollar anyone can help with!
Organizer
Samantha Ruess
Organizer
Minot, ME