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Cochlear Implant Attorney On A Roll

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Mark
on January 7, 2008
in CI Insurance and CI Law
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I ran across an article in the Contra Costa Times last night about Sheri Byrne-Haber, a cochlear implant attorney. In 2004, Bryne-Haber launched an assault on insurance companies challenging their denials of a cochlear implant surgery. Since that time, the East Palo Alto-based attorney has won every one of the 325 cochlear implant cases she has litigated (wow!). Apparently, she has hundreds more under way.

Byrne-Haber is director of the insurance-advocacy program for the Let Them Hear Foundation in East Palo Alto. She told that Times that “When we win, all we win are medical services” (not damages). Patients and hearing-impaired individuals are represented by her legal team at no charge. Many of her clients are children.

I just cannot imagine having to deal with something like this on top of everything else that comes with hearing loss and cochlear implantation. You can read the entire story on the Contra Costa Times web site.

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Hear and Now Still Playing in Oregon

Published
by
Mark
on December 17, 2007
in CI Law
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Many readers may remember Irene Taylor Brodsky’s feature length documentary, Hear and Now. The film made its world premiere at Sundance in January of 2007. I thought it was interesting that according to The Oregonian this Sunday, the documanary “Hear and Now” is showing there this week. In the film, a Broadsky chronicles the experiences of her parents as they proceed with cochlear implant surgery at age 65.

If you did not get a chance to see the file, it might be worth investigation. “Hear and Now” won the audience award for best documentary at Sundance in 2007.