Medical Equipment - Hearing Instruments
The least expensive, appropriate hearing instruments and associated repairs and supplies are provided to eligible recipients who lack the financial resources to meet the need.
Hearing instruments and associated repairs and supplies are available under the Employment and Assistance Regulation and Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation.
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Hearing instruments and associated repairs and supplies are available under the Employment and Assistance Regulation and Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation.
See website for full information.
Details
Disabilities
Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind
Age
18-99
Eligibility
Hearing instruments, bone anchored hearing aids, cochlear implants, repairs, and related items are available to the following:
-a recipient who is eligible for General Health Supplements (see Related Links - Health Supplement Summary)
-a recipient who is a hard of hearing parent of a dependent child
Healthy Kids – children (under age 19) in families eligible for Medical Services Plan (MSP) supplementary benefits
-a recipient involved in ministry-approved training or who, in the opinion of the Supervisor, requires an instrument to obtain employment and where failure to provide represents a direct barrier to employment
-a recipient who is both registered with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and is hard of hearing
-a recipient with a hearing impairment who is the sole homemaking support for an adult who has a cognitive impairment
Hearing instruments, bone anchored hearing aids, cochlear implants, repairs, and related items are provided when all of the following criteria are met:
-an audiologist or a hearing instrument practitioner registered with the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC has performed an assessment to confirm the need and prescribes the hearing instrument
-the purchase of the hearing instrument has been pre-approved (payment responsibility will not be accepted for hearing instruments purchased without prior approval)
-the hearing instruments are the least expensive and appropriate
-there are no resources available to the family unit to pay the cost of or obtain the hearing instruments
Coverage Guidelines:
-Hearing instruments – up to $2,000 per aid
-New hearing instrument purchases must include:
-1 year supply of batteries (included in the purchase cost)
-One- time replacement coverage (paid at $300 per aid)
Hearing instruments and associated repairs and supplies may not be provided in the same month that the person receives the alternative hearing assistance supplement [see Related Links – Alternative Hearing Assistance Supplement].
-a recipient who is eligible for General Health Supplements (see Related Links - Health Supplement Summary)
-a recipient who is a hard of hearing parent of a dependent child
Healthy Kids – children (under age 19) in families eligible for Medical Services Plan (MSP) supplementary benefits
-a recipient involved in ministry-approved training or who, in the opinion of the Supervisor, requires an instrument to obtain employment and where failure to provide represents a direct barrier to employment
-a recipient who is both registered with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and is hard of hearing
-a recipient with a hearing impairment who is the sole homemaking support for an adult who has a cognitive impairment
Hearing instruments, bone anchored hearing aids, cochlear implants, repairs, and related items are provided when all of the following criteria are met:
-an audiologist or a hearing instrument practitioner registered with the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC has performed an assessment to confirm the need and prescribes the hearing instrument
-the purchase of the hearing instrument has been pre-approved (payment responsibility will not be accepted for hearing instruments purchased without prior approval)
-the hearing instruments are the least expensive and appropriate
-there are no resources available to the family unit to pay the cost of or obtain the hearing instruments
Coverage Guidelines:
-Hearing instruments – up to $2,000 per aid
-New hearing instrument purchases must include:
-1 year supply of batteries (included in the purchase cost)
-One- time replacement coverage (paid at $300 per aid)
Hearing instruments and associated repairs and supplies may not be provided in the same month that the person receives the alternative hearing assistance supplement [see Related Links – Alternative Hearing Assistance Supplement].
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