By Deaflegacy,
"I'm born hard of hearing with moderate to severe hearing loss. I'm
the first one in a hearing family from the last three known generation,"
said Frank.
Frank (resident name f2004w) explained that according to
his insurance company, it is considered cosmetic, even his parents had
to pay the full price on his last one over ten years ago, even though he was
insured under their family plan. They would cover it if only he took the
procedure of getting a cochlear implant. But he finds no need for surgery
because he can function fine with just hearing aids.
When
Frank was asked if he was surprised that his boss is throwing a
fundraiser, Frank said, "Yes! I was really surprised about that, I was
thought nothing of it because it was more of my personal life problem
than a work problem, he really went out of his way for setting this up."
Frank
works at a car dealership that covers Audi, Subaru, Range Rover, Jaguar,
and Volvo in one big building as a head porter, managing 15-plus porters.
One of his bosses is Terry McQuaid, manager of Subaru, the person
who sets up the gofundme fundraiser (https://www.gofundme.com/
It
is only currently only linked toward to GoFundMe, Frank is considering
creating a certain mesh to help the fundraiser specifically for Second
Life. Right now you can only find in Furry Fashion where you can click
the board by the sandbox that gives you a direct link to GoFundMe
fundraiser site.
When asked about the
fundraisers, Frank said, "I didn't thought about it, I don't know any
fundraising methods. So I mentioned it to the owner of Furry Fashion and
within a few hours later I just been informed that there will be a
fundraiser event Monday 29th of August for me.
Furry Fashion and a store named Treasured and Bully will be taking part for this fundraising event, "I will be also making a limited edition benches for fundraising as well."
The landmark is http://maps.secondlife.com/
A
typical pair for a person with moderate to severe hearing loss hearing
aid cost from $3,700 to $6,000 a pair. That is not including the cost of
ear mold and hearing tests. The amount of the fundraiser at the moment
is $2,865.
At this moment, I wish Frank all the
luck in the world. It's a shame that his insurance company thought the
hearing aids are some kind of cosmetic thing but knowing my experiences
with hearing aids, it is anything but cosmetic.
Deaflegacy
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