Recent content by sansalmom

Thank you, everyone! I want to report that it took her two days, but she passed the hearing aid! Thank you for your advice and support (and being non-judgmental!) Radioman, you were right on! At the hospital, they told me to give her applesauce and prunes to produce a BM. However, when I got...

One of our worst nightmares happened today when our 13-month old swallowed her older brother's hearing aid battery. I have to admit that I've long been afraid this would happen. The problem with our son's Oticon Safaris is that the only way to shut the aids off is to open the battery...

Thank you! I'll try all of the above!

When I last visited, we were living as expats in El Salvador and had recently learned that our 4 y.o. is HOH (mild to moderate). We moved back to the U.S. to get services, and we have him in a great public school "contained classroom" program for D/HOH. He's almost six and will start...

I had posted about my son's situation by accident in this thread (will repost elsewhere)... But about this thread, I strongly recommend the "Signing Time" DVDs for beginning ASL and introducing to your kids. I checked them out from my local library (there are also helpful DVDs for adults who...

Sorry - I know it's not free - just a sort of off-hand comment on my part. Still support some nationalized health care in the US, though (especially since health costs are the #1 reason for bankruptcy here).

Thank you for your answers! We were in El Salvador when our little one was diagnosed and had to leave there early. The audiologist was absolutely shocked that I wanted to get my son aided in both ears - Salvadorans apparently resist wearing hearing aids. She thought she'd have to talk me into...

Please forgive the randomness of this thread and if it's been discussed before... I am the parent of a 5 year-old bioy with moderate hearing loss. He wears HA's and is in an oral/auditory program at a mainstream school. His school has been great - like a second family to us. Here's the...

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Wow - your post was so helpful! Thank you so much! It's also useful to know that I can register my son for PK first and then get the IEP (I was under the impression it was the othe way around). We are leaning more and more toward moving to the U.S. as soon as possible, but that might not be...

He is our birth child - and we don't think he has neurological problems - auditory neuropathy was ruled out by the ENT doctor in the U.S.

Kudos! Hi Aaron, I have a HOH kid and a Kazakh connection (lived there two years, three years in Kyrgyzstan, and my husband is Kazakh!). I am sending you a PM, but I wanted to tell you it's great what you are doing. We have a young Kazakh cousin who is Deaf and he's been hidden away by his...

I was just reading the thread about "Do all DHH kids have IEP's" - very informative, because my HOH son doesn't have an IEP. He is 4 years old and was diagnosed with hearing loss a few months ago here in San Salvador. Had I known my kid was HOH, I would have done things differently. I would...

Hey, guys, I found the website: Home Page I found this thread by searching "MSAD" because I'm trying to get some parent reviews or information on the school for my HOH son. Thanks for your comments on the school.

In El Salvador, Obama Nears End of Latin America Tour | USA | English My little boy (4 yo, HOH) got to "high five" Obama this morning! It took him just a second to register that the leader of the free world wanted a high five, but he did it! I look forward to posting photos as soon as I get...