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I hope that her placement there will be a good change for her. It sounds like you are close enough to the school for her to attend (or will she be boarding?) which is a great thing :). We are going to tour our local deaf school (Florida School for the Deaf and Blind- FSDB) tomorrow and talk to...

Shel, if I may respond to this. To be honest, as a hearing person, in some areas there STILL is not a lot of information or understanding about "deafness". I am a "learner" by nature, if I don't know something and I feel I need to know it or I want to know it, I seek it out. The internet is a...

Ugh- I keep coming back to this post and keep telling myself "really shouldn't post anything" but guess I'll go ahead and add my two cents. Honestly, this article pulls me in two ways. My first feeling is definitely irritation because it appears that this boy (now man) grew up without a lot...

:welcome: We just recently found out our 3 year old daughter has moderate to severe hearing loss, it's nice to see other hearing parents on here :). (Probably more here than I realize though.) I look forward to hearing your experiences and learning from you as well (we are just starting to...

I am not sure if they have done the bone conduction tests. I know the audi who did the ABR said they were unable to do it because she started to wake up from the sedation. I am not sure if some of the tests the audi did yesterday were for bone conduction or not- they didn't say. I will ask...

Her hearing loss is moderate to severe (the loss dips right into the profound range on her left ear for the 4000hz but other than that everything else is moderate/severe). I will definitely do my best to explain to her what will be happening and we will take breaks from the hearing aids as she...

What her audi used was pink colored and in a syringe... Not sure if the consistency is the same or not- this stuff looked pretty messy until it really started to set up.

Finished with the appointment! YAY! She did AMAZING with the molds- no fussing or shying away and did not even try to touch them while they were drying. :) She will be getting Phonaks (not sure of the rest of the name- the names for these things are so long!) with the aid part in light pink...

I think I would go with the invisible best friend. I would be worried about the alien probing :). And with an invisible best friend, they could go places and spy on people and report back to you ;)! Although, the intergalactic vacations Bottesini mentioned might be interesting. Nah...

Ok, being in the line of work that I am (I work in Violence Prevention at a DV shelter), I have to say something a little off topic... :topic: Sweetkisses89- you might want to edit your post and remove your phone number. I know a lot of people don't think about placing stuff like that...

Thanks for the story, Sonocativo. So is the word Italian then (that is what I am gathering from your story, but maybe I missed something)? You sure sound like a tough one :)- glad you survived that accident, sounds like it was rough!

sonocativo- I really like the bull head on your arm with your kids' zodiac signs by it. BTW- (a bit off topic), what does your user name mean? I swear I have heard the word before and it means something but maybe it just looks/sounds like a different word I have heard and it doesn't really...

Thanks for all the great information :). We always take the Ipad and my dad's Kindle Fire with us so she has plenty of distractions. I will probably go ahead and get her some new coloring or sticker books too to help keep her distracted. I will also try to make sure she understands what is...

So, my three year old has an appointment for Thursday with the ENT/Audiologist to discuss her hearing results and fit her for hearing aids. I guess they will be making the molds at this appointment and then we will have another one once they are made to make sure they fit and work and...

I have thought the same thing... Also, I have tried to read what is up on that "texasschoolbook" page (or whatever it's called that he is always referring people to) and the pictures of the so-called letters are so bad that you really can't make out what is being written about... What I could...

Definitely noticeably drunk on tv. Noticeably drunk could mean that you are just a little happier/friendlier than usual or slurring your words just a little bit. Roaring drunk sounds to me like someone who is basically incoherent in their speech, stumbling everywhere, possibly getting in...

I just want to say- it must be HELL living in your head!! I am truly sorry that you have to deal with this on a daily basis. That being said- I also think you should take the advice some others have suggested and use this forum to discuss DEAF issues (which this is NOT- no matter how many...

Welcome! There is a lot of information to take in here- take your time and look around a bit :). We just found out last month that our three year old daughter has a moderate to severe (profound in one ear in the highest pitches) hearing loss. I definitely understand your desire for...

:wave: Welcome. I can't say that I know how you feel because I am hearing. I am on here because we just found out our three year old daughter has moderate/severe hearing loss. I am sorry that you feel you are in a "limbo" right now, but I can say that I understand that feeling to an extent...

Deanne- yeah, could be... Kids definitely know how to push mom's buttons!! :)