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Senior Citizens Hearing Aid
Program.
The Senior
Citizens Hearing Aid Program (SCHAP) is administered by the
Department of Rehabilitation Services. To qualify for the
program you must meet four criteria.
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1. Be at least 60 years
of age. |
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2. Be a resident of the
State of Oklahoma |
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3. Be on a limited income (see guidelines)
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4. Have a 35db hearing loss in
your better ear (one of our audiologists will administer a
hearing test and determine your degree of hearing loss. |
To apply
for the program you must complete an application form, and send
it in to our office, along with verification of your total
income. We are required to have a physical record of your total
income in our files. If you currently file income tax with the
I.R.S., we need to see a copy of the front page of your 1040,
plus verification of your Social Security income. Because
Social security income is often not declared on the 1040, we do
need to see both. If you do not file with the I.R.S., we need
to see alternative documentation of your income. This must
include a copy of a recent bank statement. The SCHAP program
has very limited funding, and ends every year with a waiting
list of customers we were unable to serve. Being firm about
seeing documentation of income helps us feel confident that we
are meeting our legal requirement of serving low-income senior
citizens. We will not authorize for your hearing test until we
have all the required documentation in our files.
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Income Guidelines. |
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# in family |
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Monthly
income guideline. |
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1 |
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$2348.00 |
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2 |
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$3158.00 |
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3 |
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$3968.00 |
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4 |
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$4778.00 |
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5 |
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$5588.00 |
If your income is above the
guideline, a co-payment will be charged. The co-payment will
equal ten percent of the difference between your monthly income,
and the monthly income guideline.
We also need to know which
audiologist you would like to use. You must select an office
from our list of participating audiologists. We will send you a
list of participating audiologists with your application form.
You can indicate your selection on the slip at the end of the
list.
Once we have received all the
necessary paperwork, we will fax an authorization to the
audiologist you selected. We will mail you a letter with
instructions to make an appointment for a hearing test. If your
hearing loss qualifies you for a hearing aid, the audiologist
will take an ear mold impression, and order a hearing aid for
you. You will then make another appointment to have the aid
fitted. We are unfortunately only able to pay for one hearing
aid. You can discuss the cost of purchasing a second aid with
the audiologist if you choose. The kind of aid you receive (in
the ear or behind the ear) will be decided based on the results
of the hearing test, and discussion between you and the
audiologist. |
