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Tyler Can Hear You 2010-08-25 12:13:00
August 25th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
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Teen Hearing Loss On The Rise
August 18th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
Study: 1 in 5 US teenagers has slight hearing loss Buzz up!71 votes ShareretweetEmailPrint AP – In this Aug. 13, 2010 photo, Matthew Brady, 17, of Foxborough, Mass., poses for a portrait in his home … By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer Carla K. Johnson, Ap Medical Writer – Tue Aug 17, Read More
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Executive Homemaker
August 12th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
http://www.executivehomemaker.com/daily-schedule-pictures/ Here’s a link to the Executive Homemaker. I’m just discovering this and noticed they have little pictures you can print if you have a visual child. These are great for calendars even if your child communicates with speech! Read More
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No hearing aid
August 11th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
So yestereday I made a bonehead move and forgot to put fresh batteries in my purse when I switched them. It’s apparently more important to me that my purse match my outfit than if I can hear or not. As expected, my battery died around 4 pm and I still had about an hour and a half of work Read More
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New Med-El Implant and Covers
July 16th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
The Concerto is available now (not US yet…) and they’ve updated the available colors for the Opus 2. http://www.medel.com/ Yay! Finally! A pink processor cover! Tyler has been so jealous of her friend’s Cochlear brand pink processors so she will be so excited when I’m Read More
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Tyler Can Hear You 2010-07-12 11:00:00
July 12th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
I just saw this on a list serv I subscribe to and had to copy it: you know your child has hearing loss when…. your 4 year old daughter (without hearing loss) gets a princess dress-up set for her birthday, hands you the large clip on earring and says, “Can you please put on my new Read More
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UHC approves Bilateral Implants in Adults and Children
July 6th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
This is an old letter from August 2009 but since someone on the CI Circle just asked about coverage from UHC I figured I would post it here as well. Who knows, it might help someone…. HLAA Applauds United Healthcare’s New Coverage of Bilateral Cochlear Implantation HLAA is delighted to Read More
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Texas School for the Deaf – Family Weekend Retreat
July 6th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
So I went to the Texas School for the Deaf for the Family Weekend Retreat on June 13th. I don’t know what I was expecting but it wasn’t what I got. I’m extremely prissy and should’ve talked to other families who went to prepare myself. The following is not fault but my Read More
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Size and Weight Matters?
July 2nd, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
http://www.medel.com/data/downloads/MAESTRO/20930_Matters_Flyer_English.pdf?PHPSESSID=j205cu6bn47pcrvk1apjhs3dp7 This is a comparison Medel. Technically, I am generally biased towards Medel simply because we use those implants and that’s what I know the most about. In the first part of this Read More
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Ear Gear in Action
May 26th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
I’ve answered several questions lately about Ear Gear so I thought I’d post a few pictures. Ear Gear are protection covers for Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids. I bought them originally because my daughter was super mad that Med-El didn’t make a pink processor (Cochlear brand Read More
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Link to a blog for an iPhone, iPod, iPad Ling 6 sound program creator!
May 17th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
I saw this elsewhere and just had to repost considering I just blogged about my Blackberry. How cool is it that we have such smart folks with CI kids to make these programs?! This is pulled straight from the CI circle and a link below to the blog Buzz’s Journey: “Just a Read More
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Blackberry Bold 9700 has a built in Telecoil and TTY option
May 17th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
Okay, so above is the picture of my Blackberry Bold 9700. It’s new but I’m not really sure how long it’s been on the market and I’m way too lazy to Google it. Unlike the Curve or Pearl, this one has TTY and Hearing Aid Mode (Telecoil) settings. On the main screen, hit Read More
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Is she better?
May 10th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
I saw someone today I haven’t seen in a really long time and I could tell this person felt a little awkward. We talked about her children and how they were doing and what she was up to. Then she asks, “How’s Tyler?” She points to her ear and says “is she Read More
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Summer School
May 7th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
As Tyler approaches the end of the school year and we embark on our next ARD I can’t help but wonder why the school district continues to cut funding for our hearing impaired/deaf kiddos as well as the special education needs of the other children. Last summer, Tyler was invited to Read More
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Summer Events in Texas
May 7th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
Family Weekend Retreat at the Texas School for the Deaf http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/outreach/family_parent_involvement/family%20weekend%20retreat.html I’m so excited about this! It’s June 11-13 and a couple of our Houston families are definitely going. I have no idea what to expect but Read More
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Painting again
May 7th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
I can’t remember the last time I painted something. For more than 10 years, I designed children’s furniture and then once I discovered my daughter was deaf I quit to focus on her. Fast forward to almost 6 years old and being mainstreamed and suddenly I have time on my hands again! Read More
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Tyler Can Hear You 2010-03-15 12:57:00
March 15th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
Today marks the one year anniversary of Tyler’s second CI surgery. CI’s are such the norm in our life now that I almost forgot about it! I remember feeling good about the decision to give her a second “ear” that day; not at like the first surgery where you are completely Read More
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Do You Hear What I Hear? Event in Houston, Texas
March 5th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
Do You Hear What I Hear? A Free Community Event Saturday, March 6 from 8:30 am – 2 pm St. Luke’s United Methodist Church 3471 Westheimer (@ Edloe) Houston, TX 77027 More Information Contact Karen Smith 713-402-5086 ksmith@stlukes-hou.org Inspirational insight on coping Read More
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Environmental Artist
March 2nd, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
I’m tired of being deaf, hearing impaired, hearing deficient, whatever. I’m tired of my daughter being the same way. I’ve just exhausted all efforts lately. So, I’m focusing more on art (my first love besides my beautiful daughter) and came across this interesting article. Read More
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Did You Know?
February 8th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
This was pulled from the Listen Up group and Fookem and Bugs blog. It was so cool I had to forward it! Read on: About 100 million Americans will watch Super Bowl XLIII. How many of them know the history of American football huddle? Who invented the huddle? About 85 percent of people don’t know Read More
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Quality of Life With Cochlear Implants
February 2nd, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
This article appeared yesterday in the New York Times. Now, while I appreciate wholeheartedly any exposure to Cochlear Implants I do not understand why the writer is calling them “surgically implanted hearing aids” in the first line. Nothing is farther from the truth. They are not Read More
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Hearing Impaired Children in the Classroom
January 19th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
http://www.hearing.com.au/digitalAssets/8911_1241584786681_Hearing-impaired-child-in-the-classroom.pdf Here’s a fantastic link for an article on Hearing Impaired children in the classroom. Even if you don’t have hearing impaired kids, it’s a great read and will help shed light Read More
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Hearing Impaired Boy Sings in All-State Choir
January 14th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
HOUSTON – A senior at Cypress Ridge High School has made the cut for All-State Mixed Choir. Joshua Smart’s achievement is all the more impressive because he is hearing-impaired. Smart, a tenor, is profoundly deaf in his right ear and has significant hearing loss in his left ear, which Read More
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Baby Dies After Swallowing Watch Battery
January 13th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
*Something very important to think about* Especially those of us with hearing aids and cochlear implants since we have so many of these tiny batteries in our homes….. Ohio Couple Hopes Death Will Be Lesson For Others POSTED: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 UPDATED: 9:24 am CST January 13, Read More
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Another ARD is in the works…
January 11th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
Friday when I picked Tyler up from daycare and I went through her folder from school I noticed a little handwritten note from her teacher that said: “We would like to schedule an ARD as soon as possible to move Tyler to large group kindergarten every day.” O M G!!!!!!!!!!!!! We just Read More
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An Interpreter for our school dies….
January 5th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
My daughter loves this man, he’s so great with all the younger kids at Hancock Elementary and will be greatly missed. ROBERT RICHARD DOUGLAS Jr. ROBERT RICHARD DOUGLAS JR. “RICHIE” (36) joined his Savior in Heaven December 31, 2009. Richie, known to the Christian Rap World as Read More
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Deaf Child Drowns in NW Harris County Pool
January 5th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
I don’t know this family, but there lives are touching mine very closely. I have a daughter nearly the same age who has run out the door countless times. A daughter whose back I can’t scream at when her implants are off; I must chase her and she is much faster than me. A daughter who Read More
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ASL Braille Alphabet Blocks
January 5th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
http://www.barclaywoods.com/alphabet%20blocks.htm#Braille I have not purchased these yet but plan to. Read More
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A New Year….
December 31st, 2009 by Tyler Can Hear You
So we are finishing this year very differently than it started. Tyler began the year progressing at an average rate with her hearing and speech using one Cochlear Implant. In March she had surgery on her left ear for a second implant and it was activated in April. Fast forward to December and she Read More
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Wow! When working hard pays off….
December 9th, 2009 by Tyler Can Hear You
I received the following email last week: Hi Mrs. Thompson, I hope you and your family had a nice Thanksgiving! I want to let you know that I had the pleasure of watching & listening to Tyler this morning while she read her Thanksgiving booklet to her class! Her enunciation was PERFECT!! Read More
