SSDI

Is your hearing loss currently being treated with cochlear implantation? Try SSA Listing 2.11 to win Social Security disability benefits.

It’s pretty normal to lose some of your hearing as you get older, so most of us don’t even give hearing loss a whole lot of thought. And if we do, we assume it’s something that can be pretty easily solved by getting a hearing aid.

Unfortunately, whether you’re losing your hearing due to aging or something else entirely, sometimes hearing aids – or cochlear implantation – can’t provide enough help. Even with a good one, you are often unable to hear well enough to communicate effectively with others, and this could hurt your ability to get and keep a job.

Yes! Try SSA Listing 2.10 – Hearing Loss Not Treated with Cochlear Implantation

When you can’t hear, you can’t communicate as effectively. This makes it harder to do many everyday tasks, and it can make finding and keeping a job where you have to work with others monumentally difficult. Because of this, if you have significant trouble hearing for any reason and you don’t have a cochlear implant – or hearing aid – it is possible to qualify for disability benefits through Social Security.

The SSA has two methods by which you can get benefits. The first one is to use their Listing of Impairments. This is a comprehensive guide to the various medical issues that the Social Security Administration recognizes as disabling conditions, complete with definitions and specific criteria to meet for each one.

This week, the Social Security Administration revised several important rules. The changes affect how Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) evaluate medical evidence in support of your disability claim.

Published on January 18, 2017, the new rules will affect Social Security Disability claims filed on or after March 27, 2017.

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