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i understand that, i know a deaf child will never hear as well as a hearing person but depending on the approach you use and the age you start your child with therapy sessions makes a big difference. I know this from expierence with my own daughter. She was implanted at the age of 2 and has...

In the auditory verbal approach it is used so the child will learn to listen to what is being said. It also helps to build the childs auditory memory.

It's just a joke

She is 5

It would not be a problem at all if were her siblings because they would learn from us, but it's a little different when its friends and cousins. in all reality i can't go asking everyone to go take sign language classes.Anyways thats not the only reason, being able to communicate verbally is...

I believe they start implanting at 6 months now. Not before then though

It's not about making your child "normal", it's about doing what you feel is best for your child. When a hearing couple first learns of their child being deaf of course they are initally going to be scared. When it's unexpected you go through all types of emotions. In my case it was all new to...

Good one :laugh2:

A man at his buddies house just found out he won the lottery. He was so excited he called his wife at home and told her the news. "Oh my god i won the lottery...pack up, pack up!" The wife said "Honey where are we going?" He said "I don't care where the hell you go just pack up and get out!"...

samantha, i know it's hard not to let people like this get to you but just let them be. It's like we have to constantly defend our love for our children. We do the best we can and all that matters is what's in our hearts. I think when people who say stuff like it's because of their own up...

Great post Angel, like neecy said it's not as easy as it sounds to jump into the surgery. In my case at least it took alot of evaluating and testing to see if she was a candidate. My daughter wore HA for a year and constantly had audiograms done to see if she had any benefit from her HA...

My story is similar to Cloggy's, my daughter did not have speech before her CI. She was born with a profound deafness. She talks and does not sign yet but we are in the midst of looking into sign language classes.

well said Cloggy :applause:

:welcome: Hi Sherri, i am a hearing parent of a deaf child too. I felt the same too when i first joined but you will see that are people at this forum that do give a lot of support. There will always be a few posts here that you won't agree with but don't let it get to you. Everyone is entitled...

Gnu, what makes you think i force my daughter to speak??? I am a mother who made the best choice for MY daughter. Obviously i made the right choice for her because she loves talking and singing and listening to music. If it bothered her to hear and she she decided to not use the implant anymore...

You are so right clearsky...that's the point i'm always trying to make. :)

Glad to know everything went well for you. If i remember correctly, i think we had to wait about 6 weeks for my daughters second mapping, so it seems about right. You can always schedule a sooner appointment if anything is bothering you. It takes time to get used to it. I had to take my daughter...

Thanks deafdyke, to be honest i have'nt really looked at any deaf schools in our area, i put her in an all hearing preschool and she did pretty good keeping up with her peers(in some cases she did better...lol :))I spent a lot of time volunteering at her preschool to make sure she was...