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To: Brandon Buttons who wrote (682)	9/1/2000 5:28:50 PM
From: Tom Hua	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19633

Brandon, regarding SMPX, per company: 1. The cost for the procedure is $15,000 to $20,000 2. It is NOT covered by any insurance, private or public. 3. There're only 14 sites in the nation that can perform the procedure. These are the sites that participate in the clinical trials. It will be a while before doctors are trained with this procedure. I think the most paramount show stopper is the high cost compared to hearing aids. Since this is just an alternative to low cost hearing aids, I don't believe insurance will ever provide coverage. Without insurance coverage, I doubt too many seniors will fork over 20 grand to have this device surgically implanted inside the skull just so they don't have to wear hearing aids. Regards, Tom

To: Brandon Buttons who wrote (682)	9/1/2000 5:38:59 PM
From: Paul Kern	Respond to of 19633

When Datek gives you that message that you can't short XXXX today, it means that they don't have any shares for you to borrow. I've done well shorting with Datek and only had this happen two or three times in four years. I decided, against my better judgement, to let a small amount of DSLN hang over the weekend. Seeing five to one sell orders on Island convinced me that this one will drop a lot more. I'm only sorry that I covered GTSI at 3:55 yesterday. Have a great weekend all. Paul