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Evan and I made a trip to the audi’s office to get new tubing for his current ear molds, fitted for new ear molds and to turn in his hearing aids to get them clean/refurbished before he starts kindergarten in August. I knew he would be without his aids for almost 2 weeks so that is why we went early. I hadn’t informed the audi’s office when I made the appointment about sending in his hearing aids so I wasn’t sure if they would have anything for him but I was going to take my chances. Evan did wonderful the entire time and I was quite proud of him. He listened to me read him books (without his aids) and even repeated what I was saying without reading my lips while we waiting on the loaner aids to get programmed. I was again quite proud!! He did an excellent job leaving the silicon/ear mold stuff in his ears while it hardened - he really hates it!! Again another proud moment for mom.. Then came the time for the loaner aids.. They are beige (boring compared to his but whatever) and the audi was explaining to me and him how to turn them off and on. They have O for Off, M for Microphone (on) and T for Telephone. She was showing Evan everything and telling him to make sure and not play w/them but how to turn them off and on. Him and I got everything and he got his sticker at the end of the visit and we decided to go ahead and come back to the office when the aids/ear molds come in and let them do the work (I usually have them sent to the house and I cut the tubing and such) and as we were setting up the appointment Evan looked at the audi and starting talking about the T switch on the aid. She again explained to him that is for the Telephone and if he puts it on that he will not be able to hear unless he is on the telephone and without missing a beat he said: “So do I have a telephone number then?” Audi and I had a good laugh and again explained the T button to him to which I am still not sure if he understands!! Never a dull moment.. I love it and wouldn’t have it any other way..
Should have known that it wouldn’t have gone smoothly. We head to the hospital for our routine pre-op appointment where we discuss what time we need to show up next Monday and all the particulars. We sign in, and get guided back to the exam room where …
HEAR WHAT I AM DOINGPlease, mom, hear what I am doing; see what I am saying.The world is a crazy, confusing, scary place for me.I can’t do the things other kids do—my body doesn’t work right.But inside, I’m just like other kids—I need to be l…
Miss Kat and her mother are taking part in one of the JTC summer programs, and they recently took a tour of the Advanced Bionics factory. Very interesting….http://misskatsmom.blogspot.com/2009/07/jtc-week-1-day-5.html
Here’s what I worked on today. A little video of Miles playing outside with his truck. His favorite thing to do! Feel free to add comments and tell me what you think!
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‘YourLocalCinema.com’, the not-for-profit cinema listings and information service for people with hearing or sight difficulties, has been shortlisted for a National Lottery Award in the ‘Best Arts Project’ category.
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Brayden has been wearing his right ear only this past month to strengthen it up equally to his left(older) ear. Keep this in mind as you read on.I wake up this morning with a headache from you know where. Timmy is working the night shift this week so h…
Stuck in Walberswick for dinner Mary learnt 123 jump. Also said ‘oun oun’ for round round in a song at hiccups on monday. Its coming!
I can’t believe the school year is over. I’m going to be the mother of a 5th grader. How did that happen?For a few years now we have been giving the teachers a picture of the kids. It started out with taking the kids picture’s in an old time picture…
Well now Rachel has just left for Peru. So good luck to Rachel. As for me, my summer will soon be over for me. When I go back to school I will be using my FM (speaker) again. I thought that it would be nice to tell everyone about my experiences about using the speaker. [...]
Community service? It can be done while as a volunteer or it can be used to punished those who violate the law where judges dole out community service requirements to offenders. Community service punishment is also seen as the ideal sentence for those …
Thanks to The Hearing Loss Association, The historic “Grand Ole Opry” captioned it’s performance for the first time ever. Read about it at Tennessean.com.
American Sign Language Video Podcast from the DISABILITY LAW LOWDOWN a project of the National Network of ADA CentersJune 22, 2009 – The National Network of ADA Centers announces new episodes on the Disability Law Lowdown website at ASL.DisabilityLa…
Ofcom has final supported, what deaf have been telling the RNID for the past 8 years, in that the ‘Typetalk’ text-relay system is no use to deaf people, and doesn’t work for them. The RNID’s flagship BT collaboration system is now in tatters, so how …
Since I have started blogging I have had the opportunity and privilege to share in the many joys and the downside of being a Special Needs mom with other moms. Yes, I admit there is a downside. Are…
This fall the Northern Virginia Community College will offer “Cued American English: Level 1″ for the first time. The class will begin on August 24th and will meet on Mondays and Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:20 pm. It will be worth 2 credits. You will find the class in the course catalog under Interpreter Education. You [...]
(little m making the “daddy” sign)little m loves her papa. often we will be in the middle of playing or reading or snacking, and she will start signing “daddy.” um, hello my darling sweetpea, mommy is sitting right in front of you!? but i get it; i li…
It’s official, I’m activated and live but as I develop in this new technology I’ve discovered it’s a whole lot more important to know what to listen for then how well you hear it. Since I’m not hearing tremendously well right now, listening well is mo…
today was a good day:no reason in particular.thankful for…my healthy body that got me through the class at the gym that kicks by bootie here + back againplaytime, snuggletime, sillytime, storytime, bathtime, and all-the-other-time with little m. i lo…
This is a great example of Mari’s struggle with apraxia. For months she pronounced “baby” as “NGNG.” (I know of no other way to spell it. It was a very gutteral noise produced in the back of her throat with no real vowels or consonants.)Now we have the…
Yeap! I am already posting my surgery date! I got a call this morning from Dr.Limb’s office and its been 24 hours since my appointment with Steve…Drumroll please!August 4, 2009 at 730am. Means that I have to be at JHH at 530am!Almost a month away!I c…
We had our little visit with the ENT today to discuss the whole Nolan-doesn’t-eat-anything issue. Since this has put us quite on edge (the total consumed today was 2 teaspoonfuls of yogurt in addition to some milk), we wrote down every issue that we’ve…
 I took Lissy to Hear And Say for her regular MAP and assessment just recently and I also aimed to discuss the pouches with the Audiologists.
Since they learned of Lissys new way of wearing the processor I had received mixed feelings and comments about the idea. They were unsure if it was a good idea to place the BTE elsewhere.
I can understand their apprehension. As audiologists, logic tells them that the BTE is designed to be worn behind the ear, otherwise it would be called an OTS-on the shoulder.
So this trip was my chance to convince them why we are doing this and show them how they look and work.
Emma, the centres clinical director, was the first to see the pouches and the processor sitting on Lissys shoulder. She liked the pouches and said the most important thing is that Lissy is receiving hearing. If wearing it in a pouch is working then go for it, as long as the microphone is not covered and the processor is sitting as high up on the shoulder to receive optimum sound through the mic.
The audiologists were given one of each bodyworn and shoulder worn pouch to display or show to those who are interested in purchasing them.
Although they are supporting me with this decision, they still believe that this is not a solution for everybody. It is an option.
Lissy has a very active lifestyle and this works in keeping the coil where it belongs. It is also a great option for little children with soft ears where the processor won’t stay, and for anyone else who would like to give it a go or thinks it may be of benifit to them or their child.
AVA IS ONE!!!Ava turned one year old yesterday! It was such a huge event for us, considering all that Ava has been through in her short 12 months! She is such an incredible, happy and sociable little girl. She is trying so hard to talk and uses her …
Written by Ellen S.Ellen can be found at To The Max.A Bill of Rights For Parents of Kids With Special NeedsWe, the parents, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure tranquility (and sanity) and promote the general welfare of our…
In follow up to yesterday’s blog post, I want to continue my thoughts on discovering that I am a CI implanted Pre-linguistically Deaf person. This in spite of the fact that I already know a couple of languages, both aural and not (ASL and English).In y…
And here’s what Ben did in June:On the 7th we drove home after spending a week in Wisconsin. Regarding the 8th, we often take walks in the cemetery at the end of our street, and there’s a Big Red Barn just inside the entrance that is apparently used t…
Katie had her blood test on Monday morning to check for PANDAS, but we still don’t have the results yet. Her pediatrician said we would have the results of one of the tests Monday afternoon and the other on Tuesday. When we hadn’t heard anything by yes…
Fridays are short days, we get done with class at noon, so we only had one class and our support group meeting (have I talked about support group yet? Almost everyday we have a group meeting with psychologists and we air our issues and talk about our f…
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