Recent content by samantha kennel

thanks Boult thanks Boult for the av comments my son attends university of Akron and I know Carol Fletcher personally my son also has Dr.Denise Wray.THey are amazing professors and DRs.He has thrived so much through av theropy he only attends once a week.for one hour a week the rest is up to us...

i enjoy this site alot it gives so much info. but when it comes to implanting children I am all for it. My son had his first implant at 16 months, he was born a hearing child and lost most of it due to eva.My husband and I prayed hard about this and we wanted to give our son the best opprutunity...

i was really shocked today.. I went to lunch with my kids and my 2 year old has ci. we sat next to a table of three deaf adults speaking asl. They saw my sons ci and I thought I would get the third degree. THe older lady came to me and pointed to his ci and smiled. I smiled back and my son with...

what about brian? anyone been watching what about brian show on monday nights at 10pm?? there is astory line of a little baby who went deaf. parents are deciding what to do??? they discussed implant and the deaf culture being diverse the of thei mplant. any coments??its a great show

ssi and insurance thanks for the thread DD, Our insurance does not cover av theropy or speech theropy.policy says he ahs to ahve a stroke and lose his ability to speak to get coverage.since he had hearing before they wont cover it. They paid the 80,000 for the surgeryand implant but woulnd not...

ssi I think is not fair sometimes I have a son who is deaf with a ci .My husband makes to much money for him to receive ssi. It would be nice if it was not income based so it could help with my sons theropy and accersories for his implant. Just a note my friends daughter is deaf and gets 600...

keeping implant on Good Luck with ashleys surgery. My son had his first implant at 16 months. He has EVA which is a progressive hearing loss.was born with jsut a slight mild hearing loss and had hearing aides at 6 weeks he is 27 months old and has lost almost all of his hearing. He is a brand...

i have to agree with Lilly dad, my son got implanted at 16 months and getting ready in 3 weeks to get 2nd implant . early intervention is the best. My son at 2 is talking up a storm and he is hearing at 15dbd. I could only imagine the lack of speech.if we didnt implant him.We are these childrens...

lilly dad my sons first ci surgery itself went wonderful .. His eva caused alot of balance problems and the anastectic made himthrow up for 2 days.. he had his first at cleveland clinic and will have his second there also. his dr. is wonderful. He ended up staying 3 days at the hospital.. I am...

my son had his first freedom implant at 16 moths and will have his second at 25 months old. our insurance said that bilatreals implant s in choldren 12 months and up is considered medically nessicary and is covered 100% by our insurance.. hopefully he will get his by christmas.. he has eva and...

stay at home mom hello i am also a stay at home mom of 3 great kids.. My husband is a truck driver so he is away alot. I have a 7 year old in second grade ,a 4 year old in pre-school and my 2 year who is now deaf. He just lost the rest of his hearing.He received a cochlear implant at 16 months...

hi my son has 1 implant and we are going forth and getting the second soon. he went this morning for an abr and he has lost the remaining hearing he had left.he got his implant at 16 months and will probably get his second at a little over 2. he lost all his hearing in his short two years of...

your welcome its the best when our son said mommy and daddy and even byebye I cried and now he babbbles and talks his new thing is "whats that?" Its a miracle not a cure.. It is scary as a mother for the surgery, I was a mess. but well worth it now.he wears a hearing aide on the other ear...

welcome!! my son has a cochlear implant. he got at 16 months due to a progressive hearing loss. He had hearing aides at 6 weeks. Your daughter will benefit so much fromt the implant. I know my son has.He just turned 2 in October.You will find alot of parents here with kids with implants and...

kynnedi mom Congrats!!! I belong to a support group caled natural communications inc.and in the group i met a little girl named Emma she on her 1 year birthday got bilateral implants. What an amazing transformation ,Emma came alive. she talks,babbles,and a whole new world developed for her. my...