This is a story of two small boys, brothers, born two years apart and each born hearing-impaired.

The first little boy is now 3 years old. He is learning to talk and doing quite well. He was able to have a cochlear implant, the cost of which was paid by the insurance company contracted by the employer of the boy's father at the time he was born.

Since then, the father has changed jobs. His new employer now offers insurance coverage through IHC. It seems that IHC does not cover the expense of a cochlear implant.

How can one insurance company cover a procedure and another one deny it? Every child should have an equal opportunity to hear and to learn to speak. How can IHC deny that to a small 1-year-old boy?

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The cochlear implant is not an experimental procedure. It has been performed many times, and it really works.

If one insurance company feels it is necessary to cover a cochlear implant for a child, the other insurance company should take notice and review its coverage. Both brothers deserve the gift of hearing.

Kathy Dean

Ogden

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