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Well i understand that everyone here is posting about about their own personal expierences and that is why i come to these sites to learn more about dhh people since i never had any knowledge about deaf people until my daughter was born. I understand that Kayla is still young and even though she...

Kayla finally got her Freedom processor. When we went for the programming, she was pretty excited. While we were at the audiologists office and the audi first put the processor on Kayla after she programmed it, Kayla complained that it was too loud. We went ahead and put her on p1 until she...

No Shel, Reading is not all my daughter could do. I used that as an example of her progress in school. I am not an idiot and if i see my daughter struggling in school then you better believe i would do something about it. I understand you work with kids that the CI has failed but the the implant...

That's not always the case Shel. I am a volunteer at my daughters school and that was not the case at all. When the kids started blending words together and reading and writing sentences, i thought Kayla would have a harder time then some of the other kids. She is one of the top readers in her...

I don't get the purpose of your question. I think we both know that the CI is the latest technology for people with severe to profound deafness. It sounds like you are trying to be sarcastic and i can't see why.

The CI is new technology, thats the bottom line. It will work for some people but unfortunately not for all. I, myself have yet to meet a parent that was not informed about the fact that there is a chance it could fail. Just like every other surgery, there's no guarantee. Money is always sunk...

My daughter actually enjoys her AV therapy.She only sees her therapist once a week, but she enjoys her lessons at home as well. There are so many times where she pulls out the therapy games and comes to me and wants to play what she calls the "listening games".Even in an informal setting when...

I'm glad her activation went well! It's great that she had any kind of responce so soon. Like Shel said, it will be a exciting journey from here on.:)

She is 18 months old now and does everything but walk and talk. She is trying to walk a little. With help any way. She has quite a few sensory issues that hold her back with some things Kayla did'nt walk until she was about 20 months either. It was due to her hearing loss because of...

A hearing dog sounds great in those types of situation. I wish i was'nt afraid of dogs because i would certainly consider one too. I am the biggest chicken when it comes to dogs, no matter how well trained they are...lol

Glad to hear everything went well with Ashley! In the beginning i used to have the CI department at the hospital order them for me and charge my insurance. The Audi told me to try it, sometimes the insurance dosent catch it and they pay for them. It was nice for a while, they would be shipped...

the dog is going to be a hearing dog for her. Lilly's dad, in what ways does a hearing dog help Lilly? Just curios, i've heard of a hearing dog once before but was'nt too sure how they help.

That is so disgusting!! Who knows how many diseases he can get and spread to others:eek3:

Everyone is different, but it does take some time. It took Kayla some time to respond as well. I used to sew the pockets in her onesies too, worked great. Just keep talking your head off to her right now...lol. All that talking will start sinking in and when you least expect it she'll start...

Sound adjustment sounds about right. The audi will continue to adjust the high and low pitch frequencies until the sound gets comfortable for you. You will have a few different settings that you can switch to. You will go back for quite a few mappings in the beginning and they will test you in...

I don't try to do whatever is convenient for me to help my child. I do whatever it takes to help her. There is nothing wrong with learning to speak, it is a very usefull tool for a child. There are time lines that come along with speech, so waiting until they are older is not an option if you...

we STILL sound very strange. We're hard to understand, we get teased b/c of the quali Deafdyke, i agree with you that the dhh kids should learn to sign no matter how good their oral skills are. As for having a strange sounding voice, most of the kids with CI iv'e met actually have very natural...

That is just awful on the moms part to go ahead and condone that type of behavior from her kids and laugh along with them. That family obviously has a lot of issues and the only way to make themselves feel better is to put down other people. I truly believe in "what comes around goes around"...

AMEN TO THAT:applause: