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Just signed up for the yahoo group, thanks deafdyke! :)

Deafdyke, thank you for the links I will be checking those out asap! I'm not real familiar with CODA but if they could offer signing mentors that would be awesome. We live so rural we have limited resources (I know i have stressed this a lot but it really bothers me that just because we do not...

I'm not sure if there was confusion or not, so just to clarify, our son is technically bilaterally 'deaf'. We chose to implant him because we wanted him to have that access to speech at a young age. If he chooses not to wear the external processors once he is older we will fully support that...

Hi everyone! It has been several weeks since I last posted or have even had the opportunity to get on here and visit. I got on today because I am so pleased to tell you all we made the decision to bilaterally implant our son! We are looking forward to the procedure before the first of the year...

We are very rural we live in a small town called Richland. The closest town with bigger chain stores are about 20-25 minutes away Ft. Leonard Wood is about 25 miles east of us. Fulton is about 100 miles away. We travel from one side of the state to the other to find the resources we need. Case...

We travel about 200 miles(one way) to St. Louis, but it is well worth it to have the best team for our son! We also travel once a week about 150 miles on order to have access to an ASL class. I will have to agree that it is very difficult/frustrating when you are newly learning ASL but also...

It is so nice to have so much feedback, just being able to discuss this with others who have had the same experience is very helpful, thank you all again so much. My husband and I have enjoyed reading and discussing what each of you have written. You all have broaded our minds and helped us...

Thank you all again! I have posted some more in depth concerns and questions in the HA and CI form! I hope the is the CI circle you had mentioned HHIssues?! Thank you all for all the positive incouragement, it gets tough when you are surrounded by so much negativity and family opinions...

Hello everyone! As some of you may already know our son is 11 months old and is severe to profoundly bilaterally deaf. He currently has bilateraly HAs but recieves little benefit from them therefore they have placed him in the CI program at St. Louis Childrens hospital. Our feelings: -Why...

Wow! Thank you all so much for all of your insightful information! We just want to make the most inford decision we can for our son, so everyones insight is greatly appreciated! Deafdyke we tried to contact MSD shortly after he was diagnosed, but got no answer or reply (it was during summer...

Hi everyone! My name is Jordan Walters we are a hearing family, our daughter Haidyn is 3 and our Brailynn is 11 months old and is deaf. We are currently undergoing the testing that our audiologists ultimately feels will conclude that our son will qualify for a CI. We as a family are currently...