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his surgery was in august so idk if thats considered recently or not

no one has indicated to me that he has hypotonia, as far as i know from what his team of professionals have said he has nothing wrong with his muscles, or bones or joints or anything, they have all said that his balance is off simply because he is deaf, and have said that it will just take him...

-- he had a CT and MRI before he had his surgery for his CIs , so i would hope that they would have mentioned anything abnormal but at this point i can't be certain that they havn't left anything out, they havn't been very reliable in that respect. he has a few of the toys you mentioned and...

Moo is probably the most awesome name i've ever come across for a cat lol. My cat Sabbath will only drink water with his paw, and makes strange dolphinesque noises at the windows when he sees birds. I also think its hilarious that he bites the backs of peoples legs if they're taking too long...

i agree, but unfortunately i don't think sickkids is going to be of any assistance. so i'll have to look elsewhere, the thing is they didn't say he had the syndrome, he has one copy of the gene that causes the syndrome, and the surgeon said that there must be something else that they don't...

he goes to daycare, but there are no deaf/hoh children there, and as far as i know at the moment there isn't much in the way of resources in my area for playgroups/support groups and that sort of thing for deaf/hoh children

we just learned two days ago that he has one copy of a gene that causes pendred syndrome, they didn't give anymore information than that really so i've had to do much of the researching on my own, i just discovered that this syndrome does cause balance issues, so i suppose that has...

well he has only taken a few steps on his own, but he is getting a lot better with balancing if he has a hand to hold or furniture, etc thank you for the links

well i didn't say everyone who is deaf has balance issues, i don't think it is the majority either but i think it also depends on the reason for the hearing loss

yes, he is also a rather large (not fat just very tall and broad for his age) they said this is also affecting his balance his doctor agrees with the audiologists at sickkids, his avt agrees as well he saw a physiotherapist when he turned a year old and she said there were no problems...

i'm not discounting it, i just really had no idea, other than my son i havn't had much experience with the deaf community, and he isn't even two yet, so i still have a lot to learn which is another reason i signed up to be a member on here

there's a difference though, i know of a many people who have said it is often a struggle for them to get hearing people to understand them when they speak because it takes getting used to, and this makes it more difficult to communicate with everyone they encounter, especially when they do not...

the hospital for sick children in toronto very much so states that children should be implanted as early as possible for them to be able to learn speech. is it wrong to assume professionals in a hospital for children know what they're talking about?

my son is deaf, he is 22 months old he has taken a couple steps on his own here and there but he is still very wobbly and unstable and i believe he is afraid to walk on his own as he is always reaching for both my hands when we walk. i try to encourage just one hand, and sometimes i just...

i do lots of other things with my son other than all the hard work we put in regarding his deafness, but we're on a deaf forum, not a baking or snowman building forum? and most of the responses that include statements about hard work are relevant to the OP so it wouldn't make sense to just chime...

and what if you are wanting the child to have the option of speech? there is a window of time in which you can do that which is the reason for many young children with CIs

thank you for responding, sorry it took me so long to say anything i have been having some trouble logging on and then of course life gets in the way. i do understand how it can be seen as offensive, but i don't think it is usually intended that way.. you're right i do see it as him missing...

When my son was in the process for assessing whether or not he was a candidate for his CIs at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, they stressed that teaching sign would not be beneficial to him and would be counterproductive to him learning to speak. He has his CIs now, and i have never...

hi there everyone, i'm new to this website, i found it while searching for information on raising deaf children, my son who is 22 months old has a profound hearing loss and has bilateral cochlear implants. my purpose for joining this site is to gain as much knowledge as possible that can...

well it wasn't really a concern, it was just more of an interest in the opinion of the community, but sorry for not introducing myself, i will make a new thread