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de volwassene die is deaf of severely hard van horen in both het oor will nu ook receive compensation voor één second horen implant.
dit het nieuws has is announced door dit Dutch Healthcare Institute (het zorginstituut Nederland).
While children could already have één cochlear implant reimbursed voor both het oor, dit is until nu limited voor de volwassene.
Only wanneer deafness is dit het gevolg van meningitis, of wanneer someone is both deaf en blind simultaneously, is één second implant reimbursed.
Other hard van horen of deaf individuals often had te make do with just één implant en possibly één horen aid in dit other het oor, which did niet always function adequately.
Various scientific studies nu show die één second implant provides valuable benefits.
de mens kunnen distinguish de geluid beter in noisy environments, improving hun self-reliance en energy.
dit compensation is effective van October 27, 2026.
However, dit moeten be assessed per individual of ze qualify, says Wendy van Huinck, één professor te Radboudumc in Nijmegen.
dit auditory ability van het oor die niet yet have an implant moeten be 'bad enough' te justify an implant.
dit Healthcare Institute expects die annually sixty te één hundred de mens will be eligible voor dit.
Eddy de Ridder van het oor Fund (Oorfonds) is delighted die meer de mens kunnen be helped.
“With only één implant, you kunnen horen on only één side, which is very impractical,” he explains.
Alonda van Toor, 59 years old, die suffers van dit hereditary condition DFNA9, already has één implant en is enthusiastic about dit possibility van één second.
Her horen suddenly deteriorated after her forties, en her first implant made één significant difference in her daily life.
Although ze is nu able te hold conversations again, ze notices limitations.
“Like wanneer someone is speaking te my left of wanneer I need te judge traffic,” says Van Toor.
“één second implant would greatly improve my life, en dit makes sense die I krijgen dit chance because I have two het oor voor één reason.
” één cochlear implant is inserted door surgery in dit cochlea van het oor, where electrodes stimulate dit auditory nerve, explains Professor Van Huinck.
Although de geluid is electronic, patients learn te recognize en understand de geluid door training.
