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Cloggy, I read your thread about the experiences with your daughter. I am so encouraged. I just know that Isaac will be successful. My husband and I are determined to give him the best future he can have. It is so awesome to learn about your experiences. I will keep everyone posted as to...

Picture of Isaac I hope I am doing this right, but here is a picture of Isaac playing with his Dad.

Thank You Everyone! I really appreciate the encouragement and support I have received here. I have been browsing through threads for months but been reluctant to post anything becuase I did not want to be bashed. I understand both sides of the CI debate. I started out against it, but...

Thanks for the input. I know that the deaf community overall is against CI for infants. I also am aware of the risks. I also know that a huge part of the success of an implant is due to the parents commitment to helping their child learn to hear with the device. I know that the CI is just a...

Hello everyone, My 15 month old son is profoundly deaf in both ears and we are getting him implanted on September 25th. My husband and I are sure this is the way to go for him. We want to give him every opportunity to be part of the deaf community as well as the hearing community. I have...

I understand Samantha, I am a Christian too, and I agree with you 100%. My 15 month old son is profoundly deaf. Hearing aids are not providing any benefit. We are going through the process of CI candidacy and the audiologist tested him with his digital aids and got no improvement. We keep...

Considering CI for 13 month old son Hello Everyone! My husband and I are both hearing and our only son has a profound loss. No one else in either family is deaf and we don't know any other deaf people. Our son passed his newborn hearing screening in the hospital, but after I noticed him not...

the audiologist says it happens because his ears are growing and that creates space between the molds and his ears. I just was wondering if it hurt because it was so loud. Also I was wondering, since hearing aids amplify sound, will it be really loud what he hears? Like for example, if he can...

Hello everyone! I am a hearing mom of a deaf 10 month old boy. He has hearing aids but we don't think they do much. I have some questions that I hope some of you can answer. When the hearing aids whistle does it hurt your ears? Because when our son has feedback in his hearing aids he tugs...

I'm curious too I heard somewhere that I should apply for SSI because our 9 month son is Deaf. Is this true? What is SSI and could we be eligible?

Hello Everyone, My 9 month old son has profound hearing loss. We go to a Community Church. (Part of the Church of God denomination). My son is the only Deaf person in our entire congregation. I am worried as to how he will be able to learn about God through the church services and Sunday...

Thank you all so much for your input and advice. It is awesome to hear about your experiences. I really like the idea with the watch that vibrates to get the child's attention. I have tried stomping on the floor to get Isaacs attention and it only works on the kitchen floor. I think the...

We are being told that our son is a candidate for CI. But the doctors arent sure why he is deaf. I had no complications and no-one else in our families are deaf. He passed his newborn hearing screening (OAE test) but just barely and had no response to ABR test up to 100 db (that is as high as...

Thank you all for writing back. What is the difference between cued speech, oral and asl? Do most deaf use asl? There seems to be so many choices.

We feel against CI. The doctors gave us videos showing only success stories. But we know there have to be many people that have them that dont use them or they dont work that we dont know about. We accept Isaac and want to help him be the best he can in life. We heard there is a lot of...

Hello everyone! I am not deaf, but my husband and I just had our first son who is diagnosed with severe/profound hearing loss. We are trying hearing aids on him but arent sure if they are working because he is only 9 months old. We are trying to learn sign and are pretty overwhelmed. The...