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Check out how the community stepped up to help one of my daughter's classmates get interpreters for his town's football league! Video isn't caprtioned, yet, but the article follows it pretty closely. Nice to see Kyle telling his perspective in ASL, though. Franklin Pop Warner Raises Money...

My daughter loved these when she was about a year up until 3-4, I think. But even now, she gets a kick out of seeing little musical clips appear on TV, I think the local public TV station gets them. If your child is deaf, watch them with the sound off to get what your child is experiencing. I...

Hi, and belatedly, welcome! I'm confused about the rules on this section as well, Suzanne -- it seems like far more people without knowledge of pediatric CIs and the decision-making process around getting CIs have posted here than those who have gone through the process with and for their...

I don't know what you mean here: "hearing parents of hearing kids do get a speech therapy"? Are you talking about it being common for adults to get speech therapy for themselves after they have children? Or for hearing parents to arrange for speech therapy for their hearing children? I think...

I love how she's interwoven her two worlds so beautifully, with both spoken language (accessing sound via a CI) and sign language. http://youtu.be/icPsm9RnO2E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icPsm9RnO2E&feature=player_embedded

I can't remember if you have the N5 -- if so, there are 2 mics and they have the tiniest little covers that you have to pry out every 3 months at least, more often if you are in a lot of filth or dust (we have 3 dogs, a cat, and many chickens, and she swims and plays hard with them on, so we...

I haven't posted much on your threads, but I've really appreciated all that you've shared (and felt for you during the hard times). I think it's important for newcomers with similar situations who are interested in CIs to read what you've experienced, both good and bad things. That's why I miss...

That's great -- I'm a big fan of the school for the deaf my daughter has attended for 5 years and hope you find what you are looking for at yours! Is your child (and your family) already fluent in ASL, is it what your family uses in the home? At 8YO, is language competence required for entrance...

Yes, that's the case in my family, too. (Not that any of us would take the other out as an intruder :) but there's always a casual 'hey, I'm home, honey'). We always poke our heads in to wherever someone is and let them know we're off or just come in. But I think the complication here is...

So wonderful! I felt that way when my daughter, who was 1YO at the time, first started at her school for the deaf -- until she turned 3YO, it was only 3X a week, but still, it was definitely romp-worthy! Congratulations for taking that step and finding such a welcoming place. Establishing and...

Good plan, makes more sense than expecting a teenager to text each time he walks in and out of the place he thinks of as his home. And then you don't have to worry about where to stash your cell phone when you are walking around undressed. Or clear the air and let him know that he's not welcome...

That last point: :laugh2::laugh2::laugh2: Have to agree with this -- it's his home, too, right? He's not a guest who ought to knock and be let in.

It's interesting how the demographics here have changed over time. I get the sense, as Bottesini mentions below, that late deafened who get CIs seem to come here briefly while making their decisions and then not stick around much after. Obviously this forum is made up primarily of those who are...

Last night I was trying to track down a very soft sound that was driving me crazy, though -- a low murmur -- I had a feeling it was the AC system, so I was pulling up rugs and pushing furniture away from the walls, looking for the grates. When I found and uncovered the intake grate that was...

Well, I don't think you should get cochlear implants. You already have your hearing.

OK, thanks. Sweet that his little friend found a deaf friend at camp :) My daughter recently had a happy experience running into an elderly deaf man (whose son and grandson are also deaf!) at a store -- nice how the shared experience makes for such an immediate connection.

:shock: Didn't realize you had a child with a CI -- how old is she? So nice that she found a friend who is also deaf.

:wave: Cochlear Implant Controversy? I'm sure if there was some debate going on you'd have found plenty of lively and passionate comments among the threads here on AD. But if you haven't found anything despite your comprehensive research, I suppose that means there isn't any...

Is the delay only in spoken language development? (Is your child age appropriately fluent in sign language?)

Going to be hard to get an accurate read on this, because most people who think they use ASL also use PSE :)