Hi everyone. You may remember me from my other post about my then 2-month old son having severe hearing loss.
He got his hearing aids last Friday. My wife and i noticed a change in him right away, but maybe we're nuts?!?! At the hearing aid place he was fussy as the tech was putting the first one in his ear, as soon as the tech turned it on he stopped fussing and started to look around as we spoke. He did the exact same thing with the other ear. He's been laughing, smiling so much more then ever before, he gets startled by noises, and yesterday he had them in during one of his several naps and the dog woke him up when she was barking. To our surprise he even looks in the direction of noises, but not every time. He has a totally different look to his face when we talk to him, it looks like he's listening.
Then we have the downside. The feedback drives me nuts. I have ADD so it really gets to me. He's so squirmy at this age so the molds keep losing their seal. I don't think it bothers my wife as much as it bothers me, which is good because she's with him all day. I can't think of any other downsides to them. But, the positives outweigh the negatives by far.
A few questions now:
Can he hear the feedback?
When the feedback occurs is he able to hear other sounds in that ear?
Any suggestions for keeping the molds in place? (He's going to get new molds made in a few weeks, but until then.)
So far we're happy with them, and we hope that he's actually hearing things clear enough for.... well, you know what for, but i won't go there. We have a very long road ahead of us, but this was a great first step.
Since this was mentioned and asked several times in my last post i'll clarify it. In Toronto, Ontario, Canada the government appoints a family worker to work with the child and parents to go over all the resources that are available. There are several schools in Toronto that help HOH children, many programs, workshops, speech therapist, ect. Thankfully i'm living in a city that has the help that we'll need.
Personally i've been having an extremely difficult time recently with everything. I'm just very angry, but i don't know at who or what. I'm going to have to speak to a professional about that because it's started to make me really depressed.
Thanks for reading.
He got his hearing aids last Friday. My wife and i noticed a change in him right away, but maybe we're nuts?!?! At the hearing aid place he was fussy as the tech was putting the first one in his ear, as soon as the tech turned it on he stopped fussing and started to look around as we spoke. He did the exact same thing with the other ear. He's been laughing, smiling so much more then ever before, he gets startled by noises, and yesterday he had them in during one of his several naps and the dog woke him up when she was barking. To our surprise he even looks in the direction of noises, but not every time. He has a totally different look to his face when we talk to him, it looks like he's listening.
Then we have the downside. The feedback drives me nuts. I have ADD so it really gets to me. He's so squirmy at this age so the molds keep losing their seal. I don't think it bothers my wife as much as it bothers me, which is good because she's with him all day. I can't think of any other downsides to them. But, the positives outweigh the negatives by far.
A few questions now:
Can he hear the feedback?
When the feedback occurs is he able to hear other sounds in that ear?
Any suggestions for keeping the molds in place? (He's going to get new molds made in a few weeks, but until then.)
So far we're happy with them, and we hope that he's actually hearing things clear enough for.... well, you know what for, but i won't go there. We have a very long road ahead of us, but this was a great first step.
Since this was mentioned and asked several times in my last post i'll clarify it. In Toronto, Ontario, Canada the government appoints a family worker to work with the child and parents to go over all the resources that are available. There are several schools in Toronto that help HOH children, many programs, workshops, speech therapist, ect. Thankfully i'm living in a city that has the help that we'll need.
Personally i've been having an extremely difficult time recently with everything. I'm just very angry, but i don't know at who or what. I'm going to have to speak to a professional about that because it's started to make me really depressed.
Thanks for reading.