Cochlear implants to be covered by Medicare</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Cochlear implants to be covered by Medicare"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Cochlear,implants,to,be,covered,by,Medicare"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">10-01-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Cochlear implants to be covered by Medicare</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_Gr2G9WGAWkSPwMrfFEjn_0.JPG" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Washington, USA (Reuters): More US Medicare beneficiaries with severe hearing loss could soon receive implantable devices that help recreate sound, government officials said in a proposal on Friday. Medicare, the nation's insurance program for the elderly, currently pays for the device, called a cochlear implant, in patients with the most severe hearing loss associated with damaged or destroyed ear parts. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=7270505" target="blank">www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=7270505</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show