Someone previously recommended a Dime Tech from Cool Tools.

 

Nancy Gizzi, M.S., C.C.C.
Speech-Language Pathology
Lee Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Cape Coral Hospital
Lee Memorial Health System

xxxxxx@leememorial.org
TEL  239-424-3572
FAX 239-424-4035

 

From: xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com [mailto:xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Melanie Mak (via at list)
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 11:46 PM
To: xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com
Subject: Re: Re[2]: voice amplifers

 

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If she is a Kaiser patient, you might be able to get her one covered by Kaiser insurance. Insurance coverage for DME may vary in percentage, but so far, I've successfully gotten voice amplifiers for my voice and ALS patients. Kaiser goes thru Apria to procure the amplifiers. Unfortunately, you can't choose. They only offer spokesman with a high-gain mic. 

Hi Deborah,

I use Luminaud.com for amplifiers.  The have very good quality products.  At our ALSA Lending Library we have have had good luck with the Spokeman (small) or Chattervox (for larger groups) with the 3 way high gain mic.  All of these are available at Luminaud.com

 

BTW- You could borrow one from our library if we have one in stock. Contact me if you want me to check. Also the Spokeman and 3 Way High Gain Mic will be in the ALSA Golden West AAC Assessment Tool Kit I will be giving to you next week.  

 

Sincerely,

Amy Roman, MS, CCC-SLP
Augmentative Communication Specialist

AmyandpALS.Com

Pinterest.com/AmyandPALS

Forbes Norris ALS Research and Treatment Center
2324 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Cell (415)518-0592
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On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 5:46 PM, "Hurtig, Richard R" <xxxxxx@uiowa.edu> wrote:

 

Look at Chattervox, it is available in the US

Richard Hurtig, PhD,
ASHA Fellow
Professor Emeritus
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
The University of Iowa

President & CSO
Voxello, Inc.
www.voxello.com
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> On Sep 22, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Deborah Bell <xxxxxx@cruzio.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> I am continuing to ask for an ALS pt. here in California, what voice amplifier might work best. She is nonambulatory, mildly dysarthric and looking for a amplifier that might get paid for by her University (she teaches a lab in molecular biology; her classroom is mic'ed). I looked at Helen Patterson's recommendation of the Monocor system but it seems available international Amazon, not here in the states. Is there any reason not to purchase something like that since everything comes from overseas anyway?
> Is there a distributer here in the states or something better?
>
> Thanks so much
>
> Deborah Bell, MA/CCC
> Licensed Speech Pathologist
> AAC Specialist
> http://deborahbell.net/
>
>
>