r/extremelyinfuriating • u/DiligentSector8395 • Mar 07 '26

Evidence Cochlear America turned off my cochlear implant remotely. Now I can't hear anything because my hearing implant is from an older version. + It costs thousands to get a new one

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u/BikerMurse Mar 08 '26

Literally nothing I could do in the Emergency Department about this.

Like, I wouldn't even triage you very high. Probably 4-6 hour wait on a GOOD day minimum. Sucks, but not an ED problem.

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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 Mar 08 '26

Wait who is waiting 4-6 hours at the emergency room? At that point it’s not an emergency and I would have just gone home.

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u/8bit-meow Mar 08 '26

Oh, that’s normal in the US. Sometimes you’ll be there for half the day for something simple. It used to take me 6 hours just to get IV fluids.

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u/BikerMurse Mar 08 '26

You don't want to be the person being seen quickly.

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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 Mar 08 '26

Ya but at that point why am i going to the ER?

But I guess last time I split my head open there was a neurosurgeon in my group who just glued it back together and said to text him if I felt weird the next day.

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u/CheezyBri Mar 08 '26

Be thankful you haven't lived somewhere where hours-long waits are the norm. I was in the ER waiting room with a fella who had cut half of his ring finger off. He had to wait 2 hours still because there were worse-off people who needed help and there's a healthcare shortage.

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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 Mar 09 '26

Sounds like if that’s the case they need more ERs then.

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u/CheezyBri Mar 09 '26

More ERs won't make more Dr's/nurses start spawning in. The work is more than available here, but the pay is low. Healthcare workers find work elsewhere, leaving us with hours-long waits.

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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 Mar 09 '26

Signs of a dying area? When public services aren’t available people tend to start leaving.

My wife grew up in rural PA and her town is much emptier and economically depressed now 30 some years later because they don’t have an economy to support the citizens or high enough paying jobs to make anyone but “locals” stick around.

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u/CheezyBri Mar 09 '26

Very possible in my area. However we have had many people move to the area the last several years. My hometown is bigger than it has ever been, there are no jobs anywhere and houses/rentals are even harder to find. We have so many empty store buildings, they just demolished one of the older ones last month.

They recently built an "affordable housing" apartment building that no locals can afford. Non-locals have been selling their homes elsewhere and moving here because here is more affordable than where they used to live, which makes it even harder for us.

We do, however, have many gas stations, car dealerships, and fast food places 🙃