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As Interpritor has been doing, I'm playing devils advocate. As far as intentionally making your child deaf, I do not think it will ever be acceptable. Beside the ethics involved. The way laws are written, O would bet you would be arrested as soon as the deafness was confirmed after birth. You...

Victorias mom, COnggrats on the surgery date! We are all gonna be busy stopping our kids from bumping their heads. I want to just tape a pillow to her head and be doen with it! As far as CI stuff, we have been using the body worn unit. It came with rechargeable AAA batteries. You only use 2...

Her other one is about 2-3 inches behind the ear. It is an S shape incision. This one will be directly behind the ear. Almos right at the point where the ear touches the skull. A small 1 1/2 -2 inch incision in a vertical line. Thanks everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lilly has in the past said...

Well, the doctor says Lilly will be fine to fly to SAN Antonio. I was/am nervous about it, but he assures me she will be fine. I will do more research about it, but if he is that confident, I will take his word on it (unless I find hard info to say otherwise). I sat and talked to him for almost...

January 31! The Dr. is making the incision behind the left ear, like Lucias. He said this is the standard now, because it allows a faster recovery time. SHe is getting the freedom (like her other ear). He said that the activation will be 2 weeks after surgery due to faster recovery time from...

We have an appointment with the suregon in the morning. I think we will get the surgery date then.

YEAH!!!!!!! Marshall and Lilly are getting the bilat around the same time! And congrats on the digital HA! I wish I knew you all were in town over Xmas. I would have liked to meet up again!

I did not know that!! But the fact that current CI cannot make bass sounds does make sense.

Heres an example. I recently took a class related to work. I didnt shave one day. I was rubbing my finger (taped due to an injury) across the mustache stubble. I didnt even realize it was making any noise when a lady behind me said "excuse me, do you mind. That is very annoying". It apparently...

Shel, they did find those "deaf Genes". Actually they are mutated protiens ( it think), anyway, the most common for senseoneural hearing loss in conexxin 26. There is another more rare one called conexxin 30. The 26 is by far the most common cause of a genetic hearing loss. This is what Lilly...

The technology in the latest generation of CI is (as my neighbor who is an I.T. infastructure architect says) mindboggoling. From researching the possibilities of the freedom, I have found the same phrase in several different places. They all say that the freedoms hardware is capable of using...

I realize that charity is not the topic of the thread. I mentioned holiday time charity for a reason. I too am involved in charity and child well being time and financial donatrion through out the year. I brout up the christmas parties and christmas charities as an example of "spirit of the...

The above poster mentioned "death" instead of deaf. That irratates the hell out of me! I know a family that has a HOH daughter, when mom says deaf, she says Death. OOOOOOOThat spisses me off. I finally had to correct her. I also had a conversation in a park with a little 7 or 8 year old boy...

Just responded and joined. I am a bit confused with organization, but I will figure it out. Thank You!

PM me your e amil, and I'll send ya some. I have a whole CD filled of pics from Lillys activation. We had a photographer (pr person from CID) sit in Lillys activation. I was suprised that no one ever let her sit in on an activation before us.

Shel, it does look painful. When I saw Lilly the morning after the surgery, she looked hoprrible. Her face was swollen and she had that little pressure bandage around her head. But when she woke up, she was raring to go. I could not keep her realxed. SHe was in a great mood and all she wanted to...

Thank you Shel! I was referring to Jillios post.

COrrect. While I know the term "deaf and dumb" has a negative connotation to it. It is not used in that manner. The term "dumb" refers to a person that cannot or does not talk. So the term means that a person cannot hear or talk. The only people I have ever heard use this term are very old...

Shelm Exactly! I guess you said that a little more diplomatic than I did. We have fun with santa. My mom, dad, sisters, bros in law, neices and nephews get together on christmas eve. THen christmas morn, it is just my wife and I with Lilly. Then that evening, my in laws come over to our house...

Angel, "We are not those "people" who said you were a bad parents, so don't take it out on us Lillys dad," You are not one of those people, and to you, I apoligise. "I don't own any of these books and yes it's all lies because Santa is not real just like some people believe the bible was...