Nothing new here in Blakely land. Brook did discover her glasses holder (wooden animal bought at Wal Mart for glasses) will also hold her processors as well while she’s in the shower… Just going through the motions til Oct 18 arrives, which is Gage’s surgery date. I’m Read More
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Inclusion
September 7th, 2010 by Cochlear Implant Online
“Inclusion is more than just geography” I wish I could take credit for the quote above, but it came from a great presenter I heard at this year’s AG Bell Convention, Dr. Sarah Wainscott (see my notes from her presentation, “AVT Model for Families Transitioning from Visual Read More
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Demo Days, continued
September 7th, 2010 by Talking 24/7
It’s now been about one month that Hadley has been trialing a new set of hearing aids. We haven’t made an official decision to purchase them, but it’s looking more likely than not (especially since it’s been one month since Hadley last wore her old aids, so her brain has Read More
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School Tomorrow:-)
September 7th, 2010 by Our journey to the hearing world
Thomas starts Pre-K tomorrow…YEAH!!!! Actually tomorrow is just a “visit” day…where Jim and I go with him and look around at his new classroom, meet his new teachers and meet some new friends!At the end of the school year, Thomas’ IEP was set up for him to go to his Read More
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Prisha goes to school in Germany
September 7th, 2010 by Impaired but Empowered
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Getting Crafty and the Unrelentant Infection
September 5th, 2010 by Say What?
I used to love scrapbooking, but then tiny fingers came along, and the scissors and other tools simply created mayhem when I tried to get anything done. This is why Nolan’s baby scrapbook goes up to the ripe old age of Four Days Old. A friend introduced me to digital scrapbooking, and I may Read More
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Life With Aiden
September 2nd, 2010 by Our Journey
I’ve been meaning to jot these stories down in Aiden’s baby book, but then I remembered this blog IS his baby book. Every night we have the typical bedtime routine to brush teeth, read books, say prayers, I LOVE Yous, kisses, Aiden hands me his CIs, and lights out. Well, actually, Read More
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First day of school….
August 31st, 2010 by Growing Fruit
Tomorrow is our first day of school. Andrew has been dreading it for weeks and today was so upset. I gave him a new backpack…with a monkey. He said, “I wish it was Mario.” At some point today we were talking about something and he said “that is 50 of the whole.” He Read More
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Oct 18…
August 31st, 2010 by Cochlear Kids
It has been confirmed, little man will have his right “ear” replaced along w/a scar reduction (whatever you would call removing part of a thick keloid scar) on October 18…Here was video of that ear and how well it did when he first got it last year, even after being unaided for Read More
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Fungus Among Us
August 31st, 2010 by Say What?
The Rite Aid managed to find the right anti-fungal medication for Nolan’s ear. Just in case anyone else ends up in the same predicament and has the pharmacist try to hand them a certain feminine anti-yeast cream, here is a picture of what the medication should look like. This is quite a big Read More
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Looking to the Light (Part II)
August 29th, 2010 by Bama Ears
(To read Part I, click here) Praise God everything looked normal in the MRI. My husband and I definitely know that God has his hand in our journey with Ella Marie. We know that “our plan” is not always the same as his. Looking back, we can see how God has prepared us for this point. Read More
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Of Dinosaur Birthday Parties and the Hunt for Lotrimin
August 29th, 2010 by Say What?
The Physician’s Assistant told me I might get some odd looks from the pharmacy, since he was ordering a liquid suspension of Lotrimin that is typically used for Athlete’s Foot for Nolan’s ear. I went to the pharmacy on Friday afternoon, and the pharmacy technician said the order Read More
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Meet Turdy
August 29th, 2010 by Cochlear Kids
B’s gonna be sad today when I tell her we need to find Turdy a home. He needs to be in his natural environment and not constantly in the hands of a six year old. She says things like, “Awww Turdy, come on girl or boy, come on!” But we will find him a real home later today. B Read More
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Voice camp Connections
August 28th, 2010 by Amelia's Journey
Hello everyone far and wide, I do hope that you all had the most enjoyable summer , and that everyone made it through safe and sound and maybe just a little tanned. I thought it was way over do to give everyone a little up date on Amelia , and I have to say she has had the greatest summer Read More
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and this is where we are…
August 26th, 2010 by Cochlear Kids
I took this photo at 7:30 this morning while he watched the construction workers build a new Children’s Hospital and while I nervously awaited to lay eyes on my Cochlear peeps. We were scheduled in late Sept. to our next round of integrity testing w/them but earlier this week I had Read More
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God’s Timing..God’s choice…
August 25th, 2010 by Growing Fruit
When Andrew was quite young we went for a speech eval at Beaumont. We had a wonderful speech therapist for the evaluation and when were told that we would not be having her as a therapist I was, well, kind of upset. God prompted me however and it is one of the first times I decided to leave it Read More
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Yippie!
August 25th, 2010 by Say What?
Nolan’s favorite song recently has been “Celebration” by Kool and The Gang. Whenever he hears the song on the radio (“celebrate good times-come on!”) he’ll shout the “COME ON!” part at the top of his lungs. We should turn on the song now, because Read More
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(Preschool) Lessons Learned
August 25th, 2010 by Talking 24/7
This summer, my 3 1/2 year old twin boys did a three week session of preschool, a mini introduction of what to expect come September when they “officially” start. (If you ask them, they will tell you they are now on summer vacation. That’s right, 21 hours of preschool has given Read More
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Contact Your Senators!
August 24th, 2010 by Cochlear Implant Online
Currently, there are two very important pieces of legislation awaiting approval in the United States Senate: The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2010 (S. 3199) aka “Newborn Hearing Screening” passed in the House of Representatives but also needs to pass in the Senate Read More
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Bed Time, Bath Time, Swim Time
August 24th, 2010 by Cochlear Implant Online
What do these three have in common? They’re all times when wearing a hearing device can be difficult, if not impossible and not allowed at all! Though there are some great solutions for “water-proofing” a CI, there are always going to be times when your child is “off the air”. Not Read More
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Bone Conduction Hearing Test
August 24th, 2010 by Say What?
Nolan, with balloon-cat hat and kitty face. For a quick recap, we have a hearing test that shows a rising slope audiogram via bone conduction (January 2010 at Buffalo-BHSC) and a hearing test that shows a traditional slope via bone conduction (July 2010 at John Tracy). Since these two test Read More
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Still Infected
August 23rd, 2010 by Say What?
Alas, the “pink medicine” is completely gone, and Nolan’s right ear is still sticky. I took a peek in there with an otoscope, and it doesn’t look good. Thankfully, I have oodles of Ciprodex. I am giving Nolan the Ciprodex twice per day in the hopes that it will stave off Read More
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Quick update
August 20th, 2010 by Cochlear Kids
So busy! I’ve been subbing most of the week at school…my Examiner.com writing has haulted due to site upgrades, the kids have been well and are getting used to school by now…so until I get time to do some real posting here, I’m leaving you with a couple of oldies, but Read More
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Remembering Songs…
August 19th, 2010 by Growing Fruit
OK all you cochlear implant users…and parents of users.. We had an interesting thing happen this morning. Andrew made a cardboard ‘flute’ and so I was humming Happy Birthday to him. (He will be 10 on Sunday.) I asked, “what song was that?” He said, “I have Read More
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Telephone Practice
August 18th, 2010 by Cochlear Implant Online
Being able to use the telephone represents both independence and connection for people with hearing loss. It means being able to make calls for work without assistance, being able to give and receive information, and being able to make emotional connections with friends and family from miles Read More
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Awesome and Amazing…
August 18th, 2010 by Growing Fruit
Have I mentioned how amazed I have been lately at God’s creation and his just plain AWESOMENESS??!!! So that I can make a friend happy who is tired of the words AWESOME and amazing… I am in AWE of the things I have seen… He has done marvelous, wondrous and even surprising Read More
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Be Bi Ba (Be Right Back)
August 17th, 2010 by Our Journey
Aiden is finally starting to speak using two words and is even starting to throw in some three word sentences here and there. A lot of them are very hard to understand because his articulation isn’t that great, but you can definitely tell through whatever activity we’re doing, the Read More
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They’re Not YOUR Friends!
August 17th, 2010 by Talking 24/7
Here’s the catch: You meet the professionals. They are, in all sense of the word, professional. They are the lifelines to your goal. It doesn’t matter their role, their age, their gender: you will do whatever they say in order to get what your child deserves (after researching the Read More
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Getting the Most Out of Summer
August 16th, 2010 by Say What?
Nolan in the Chautauqua Gorge Our regular computer is down again, this time for the count. In the meantime, I will be posting from the laptop, which is rather temperamental. If my posts in the coming days are rather sporadic, bear with me. The technical difficulties should be resolved Read More
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Demo Days, Take Two
August 16th, 2010 by Talking 24/7
Hadley returned to the audiologist late last week for a few more adjustments to her new hearing aid program. She has been pretty happy with the new Phonak V SP ever since. She comprehends more easily, processes information faster, and has requested far fewer repetitions. She’s not as Read More
