You wondering what that number is? It’s not the age of any of my children. It’s not an anniversary. It’s not a countdown. IT IS WHAT CORMAC SCORED ON HIS ANNUAL EVALUATION AT NYU!!!!!!! Here is some other information. At the time of the test his actual age was 4 years 3 months. Read More
Archive for the ‘Speech’ Category
5 years and 8 months…
August 31st, 2010 by The Lawrence Triplets
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Speech |
final thoughts on our JTC experience
August 9th, 2010 by Life with Lucas
at the beach in Santa Monica; photo courteous of Leah Wow! Today marks 19 months that Lucas has been “hearing”! I just noticed at the top of the blog. It’s been worth every moment. I wanted to write down some final thoughts about our experience at the John Tracy Clinic this Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss, Speech |
Under the Gun
August 7th, 2010 by The Energy of X
With summer drawing to a close and X going off to preschool in September, I have precious little time to spend all day with him and put my JTC skills into action. Truth be told, I haven’t always enjoyed my role as Stay at Home Mom. I’m not one of those girly girls whose greatest Read More
Posted in ASL, Hearing Loss, Speech |
Sea urchins,snorkeling and ear!
August 5th, 2010 by Sound of Cochlear Implant
Hello! This summer is progressing quite well for me, and I’m currently at my parents , having completed another yr of speech therapy. *smile* I loved every min of summer so far , doing late night chats with my online buddies , catching up with some long lost friends ( thank you FB! ) and in Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Speech |
Cutting and Pasting
July 22nd, 2010 by Say What?
We had several interesting lectures today, including lectures on the development of speech sounds, literacy and the deaf child, and how to create experience books. In support group, we wrote letters to our hearing children, telling them how much we love them- the letters will be read to the Read More
Posted in AVT, Auditory/Oral, Baha, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss, Speech |
Webkinz!
July 18th, 2010 by The Shaddox Boys
Here is Elijah and his Webkinz pet, Trey. He received Trey as a birthday present from his friend Noah and Noah’s brothers, Ben and Josh! (Thanks to mom Jennifer too.) We came home yesterday and we got Elijah all started online with Webkinz and Trey. We talked about names and he has a Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Speech |
Plain Milk Tastes Good!
July 18th, 2010 by Southern Babies
We were back to the daily grind this week with quite a few appointments. Tuesday we started back with physical therapy. My mom and Will went with Lindy and me. It was so nice to have someone there to chase Will while I tried to concentrate on Lindy’s therapy. We are going to have to cast Read More
Posted in Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss, Speech |
Monday Morning Crystal Ball: Visibility of Less Than Six Feet
July 1st, 2010 by The Energy of X
I had the foresight to plan two appointments for our first day back to reality, one with our audiologist and the other with our itinerant Teacher of the Deaf. Scheduling these visits would ensure that I could share the details of our experience at John Tracy Clinic while they were still fresh in Read More
Posted in ASL, Hearing Loss, Speech |
AB 2072 – passed
June 24th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
Great news. AB 2072 bill passed by the committee with a 5 to 1 vote, along with 2 abstaining. It now goes to the Senate which I’m sure they’ll recognize this bill as a bill that empowers parents to make an informed decision. This is about letting parents make the decision and not the Read More
Posted in ASL, AVT, Cochlear Implant, Cued Speech, Deaf, Speech |
Feeling the LOVE…
June 22nd, 2010 by The Burdett Journey
We are seriously loved by our family… Here are a few ways the kids have been shown they are LOVED lately!!! …Gramma’s Quilt for Cora… My mom gave Cora this BEAUTIFUL quilt she made her when we saw my parents in Nashville last month… She also made a little one that Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Education, Speech |
Weekend in Big Sur
June 15th, 2010 by The Energy of X
Despite our best effort to beat the infamous LA weekend traffic, we vacated our humble apartment at 1:30 p.m. on Friday and began what turned out to be a 7 and 1/2 hour drive to meet up with friends near Big Sur for X’s first camping experience. While he napped in the back seat, our wimpy Read More
Posted in ASL, Hearing Loss, Speech |
Not Too Traumatic Day Two
June 9th, 2010 by The Energy of X
Amazing what a little bit of sleep will do for an almost three year old world traveler! X slept really, really well after his first day at John Tracy Clinic. No reflux, no waking up in the night, so Daddy and Mummy slept well too! Despite this, X was still grumpy at school. We started with Read More
Posted in ASL, Education, Hearing Loss, Speech |
When a deaf person is mocked for his voice…by another deaf person
June 7th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
Imagine a deaf person mocking or making fun of another deaf person’s use of his/her own voice. Well, it does happen. It’s even worse when someone goes after a deaf father and his deaf son who wears a cochlear implant. And I have a video response for that based on a recent YouTube Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Aid, Speech |
What a difference a year makes!
June 7th, 2010 by Miss Kat's Deaf journey
This first video was made in March 2009, about 4 months after Miss Kat’s activation. The second was taped today, 18 months post. She is using the same book. In the first video I am signing the book to her off camera. In the second, she is reading it herself. Read More
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant, Speech |
Summer is coming…
May 28th, 2010 by Sound of Cochlear Implant
I haven’t posted for 3 months..bad me! I’ll do a bullet update again Braces : I get them tightened every month.Got the last tightening yesterday and it’s been the most painful since I got them.Orthodentist ( is that even a word? ) said since I was doing really well and they Read More
Posted in AVT, Cochlear Implant, Speech |
Stage Whisper
May 19th, 2010 by Herding Grasshoppers
Do your kids know how to whisper? Because I’m not sure mine do. Maybe it’s a guy thing, because Kerry doesn’t whisper either. I’m remembering a day, don’t ask me why, when Gunnar and I went to the grocery store. He was just a little guy, probably about this Read More
Posted in Hard-of-Hearing, Speech |
the best mother’s day present possible
May 13th, 2010 by good but hard
for months, i have been trying to get little m to say “mommy.” but no, sweet thing calls me “ma”. she also calls my mom and matt’s mom ma. that’s right, we are all ma. meanwhile, matt is daddy or sometimes daddy-oh (yes, seriously). she says all sorts of two Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Speech |
Miscommunication
May 13th, 2010 by Say What?
Yesterday was a tad rushed. Preschool, speech therapy, a CPSE meeting, a playdate at McDonald’s, contractors over to look at the roof (we really didn’t want a shower coming through the light fixture, thank you very much), and ice skating lessons. There wasn’t a lot of spare Read More
Posted in AVT, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss, Speech |
CPSE Meeting Scheduled
May 5th, 2010 by Say What?
The school district called, and I thought, “Aha! They’re calling to schedule Nolan’s CPSE meeting!” It was the school district, and it was the Special Education Chairperson, but the meeting was for Matt. Sometimes I forget that he’s still in speech therapy, too Read More
Posted in Non-Deaf/HOH Topic, Speech |
I See a Lot of First Dates in His Future
May 4th, 2010 by From Silence to Song
Liam is working hard on learning to eat. It’s been a challenge, but he’s making leaps and bounds. I finally decided it was time to take the next step with him, and see how he’d do with self-feeding. Jan (his SLP with ECI) says I need to get over my sensory issues with sticky Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Oral, Speech |
The unbearable loudness of hearing
April 25th, 2010 by funnyoldlife
It has been one month since activation and my world has changed beyond recognition and exploded into a kaleidoscope of sounds. Some are old sounds which sound different, some are completely new. The world sounds different through a cochlear implant and it is starting to sound much better. Each Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Music, Speech |
Rudy: Mom, Mom! Please, you are so weird, don’t do this to me.
April 24th, 2010 by Frost Times
Gavin in my big bath tub! He plays in there while I do my hair and make up! My life seems to actually be slowing down a little. Well , last week. This week is going to be busy. But that is life. We all are busy, doing this and that and everything else in between. Gavin is doing awesome. All of Read More
Posted in Audiology, Cochlear Implant, Speech |
Miss Priss (Warning to Lori-the end is about moving) :-)
April 21st, 2010 by Our blog...
Sweet little Ella Kate turned 9 months old a few days ago. We took her to her check up yesterday, and get this…she’s in the 95th percentile for height. Have you seen Jeb or I? We have no clue how she’s so long, well except my papaw is over 6’, my dad is 6’ (He’d tell you he used Read More
Posted in AVT, Auditory/Oral, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss, Speech |
I Must Be Hearing Things
April 20th, 2010 by Ordinary Miracles
So what does it mean when I go to the door at daycare to leave, and my younger son pipes up and says, “oh-en?” I’m pretty sure it means that I am supposed to start crying. Or cheering. Or cheering while I cry. For weeks now, before opening the car door or daycare door, I’ve been Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hearing Loss, Speech |
“Ok, Let’s Work On Your R’s!”
April 20th, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
I received a letter from a reader who shared with me her personal struggles with having a speech impediment: I’m a mother of two young girls, am moderately deaf and wear two in-the-ear digital hearing aids. My hearing problem, though can be problematic at times, doesn’t bother me as Read More
Posted in Hearing Loss, Speech |
What We’re Working on Tuesday: More on the /f/ sound
April 20th, 2010 by Live*Laugh*Love*Family
As the weeks go on, Christian is producing the /f/ sound in all positions more consistently. We’re still working on limiting the substitution of /b/ for /f/ in some words, which is a bit challenging now that Christian will PURPOSEFULLY substitute it when he’s being a bit *difficult* Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Speech |
When signing, can be bad for communication.
April 19th, 2010 by At The Rim
Some are aware I have a child with autism, he has never really acquired extensive speech usage, and what he does orate is barely within the range of anyone’s hearing. Conversation is pretty much not an option, there are yes, no and single word responses to everything. AT every stage of his Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Non-Deaf/HOH Topic, Speech |
New Tuesday Themed Posts: What We’re Working On
April 13th, 2010 by Live*Laugh*Love*Family
I thought it would be fun to include a themed post every week to detail exactly what we’re working on as far as my Mommy Speech Therapy here at home. With a little guidance from Christian’s SLPs at school, and a whole heck of a lot of research on my end, I’ve been able to have Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Speech |
What A Nightmare!
April 1st, 2010 by Sneak Peek: Raising A Special Child
When I went to bed last night I had no worries about this entire Speech Therapy (ST) issue. (Read here for background info.) Today I wake up to complete chaos. This not how I want to start my… {Visit our blog to sneak a peek at the rest of the story and leave a comment.} Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hearing Loss, Speech |
32 Years and Still Going Strong…
March 19th, 2010 by Our Little Hero...
It is amazing to me that with everything I have been through with Keith, we are both still standing on our own two feet. I know we are asked quite a bit, “how do you do it?” Honestly? I don’t know. I think we plug through each day and hope for the best with no Read More
