Deaf schoolboy from musical family given implants to make him hear

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Matt and Emma Denton, both professional musicians, discovered within hours of their son’s birth that he could not hear properly.

At one, Charlie was prescribed hearing aids. By the age of two and a half he was pronounced profoundly deaf – so deaf, said his doctors, that if an aeroplane took off next to him, he would not hear it.

His parents – one half of the Carducci String Quartet – were shocked at the speed of his deterioration. “He was getting by on lip-reading,” says his mother, “so we had no idea how bad things had got.”

A cruel blow for an intensely musical family.

Charlie’s only hope, his parents were told, was to have a bilateral cochlear implant, often known as the “bionic ear”. But the operation carried serious risks: not least, facial paralysis and meningitis.
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Deaf schoolboy from musical family given implants to make him hear - Telegraph
 
Meningitis can easily be avoided- get a meningist shot prior to the operation.

aside: that is exactly what happened to me while waiting to complete the examination for a Cochlear Implant. In early 2007.
No problem -to date.
 
*le sigh* Personally, why didn't they help teach him sign language if he was behind?
 
KikLove said:
*le sigh* Personally, why didn't they help teach him sign language if he was behind?
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He has the fastest progressing form of Usher's syndrome and will be blind at a very young age.

Bilateral CI are becoming very common in that case.
 
Bottesini said:
He has the fastest progressing form of Usher's syndrome and will be blind at a very young age.

Bilateral CI are becoming very common in that case.
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Even if you're totally against CIs there are STILL cases where CIs (and yes even bilateral) might be appropreate.....This is one of them. Kids with Ushers deserve a full toolbox!
 
Bottesini said:
He has the fastest progressing form of Usher's syndrome and will be blind at a very young age.

Bilateral CI are becoming very common in that case.
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I see. Thanks Botts. Didn't see that part when reading it over.
 
Botts: I don't understand why more parents aren't teaching their kids sign early on. I've watched friends use it with their hearing children. It gives the kids the ability to communicate effectively younger. It's really amazing.
 
SBirn said:
Botts: I don't understand why more parents aren't teaching their kids sign early on. I've watched friends use it with their hearing children. It gives the kids the ability to communicate effectively younger. It's really amazing.
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I have a large signing family. Deaf kids and hearing alike sign.

Read about Usher syndrome and you may understand about this particular case.
 
Funny words The articile makes it sound like someone is dead.. prescribed hearing aids. ahaha
 
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