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She's got excellent speech when she speaks (she's very shy, so a lot of times people don't think she CAN speak, lol, until she finally opens her mouth). She's not in a deaf program per se; she's in a mainstream program that just happens to be in a school with excellent support services for...

Well, now I do, lol...

When my daughter heard her first implant, her audiogram was around 35-40 db across the board. That was for tones. For speech, she would respond at the 20db level (the lowest they could test in the booth), but she could hear a whisper. After her implant 'failed', she was reimplanted. Her...

The poll didn't specify if the child in question could have a CI or not, so assuming they could, I chose Sometimes. I chose sometimes because there ARE CI kids who do amazing with their CIs, and can do just fine in an oral placement with no services. Most kids though, don't achieve that level...

Neither of the placements are special schools for Deaf education, they are both just regular mainstream schools. The only difference is the current placement has a great program for the Deaf so that the deaf children can successfully integrate into the mainstream, while the home school district...

Thanks everyone! I'll check the procedural handbook and see what it says. We know the only reason they want her back is because of money. The supervisor tells me the current program is too expensive EVERY single time she talks to me! I kind of feel like they are not even interested in what I...

I need some help trying to explain the importance of a deaf child having access to deaf peers, and am having a difficult time putting it into words. Can someone help me? Here's a little background... My kiddo started out in the home school (mainstream), but after a CI failure a couple years...

My daughter gets eye twitching if her map is set too loud. We'd leave the audi's office ok, but within weeks she would start getting facial stim when set at the normal volume, and we would have to continually lower it so it would be comfortable. Finally, the audiologist was able to go...

I can't count how many times I've gone to Wendy's and asked for a fish sandwich with no tartar sauce. And every time it comes WITH tartar sauce! And I'm not deaf. Sounds like there are just a bunch of lazy workers at that fast food place. If these people can't understand plain english...

It's really important for her to wear the implant in order to get the benefits. Once she starts wearing it, she WILL get used to it. If she is upset by it when it is first put on, try putting it on with the volume off. Then throughout the day, gradually turn it up a tiny bit at a time. It may...

The other electrodes take the on the burden of the 2 that were turned off and their load is just spread out across the others. It would take a lot of electrodes to be turned off to make a difference. Some people don't get full insertion, so start out with less electrodes on. When my DD was...

I'm confused about doctors not being honest about doing implants for the bucks, lol. My daughter's surgeon bill was $17,053. Insurance allowed $2219. For the skill involved, $2219 is nothing. I've had more expensive car bills. So how can anyone say they are making bucks off implants?

The volume control on the AB can be deactivated by the audiologist so that if the dial is bumped it doesn't change the volume, but I would imagine that is mainly for little kids who play with the buttons. My daughter has a habit of running her fingers through her hair and hits that dial every...

Doesn't sound like your daughter is being any more out of control than the typical 3 yr old! I think that person needs to chill out, and if your neighbor continues to call the police on you, I would start complaining to the manager or whoever is in charge of the complex that you are being...

Do you have a power hungry map? The time they say the batteries will last is an average, and some maps take a lot more power to run than others. We weren't able to use the powercel slims at all for my daughter with the Harmony because she'd have to change them during the day. Only the...

It stinks that you have been having so many problems with hardware on your AB, and that a lot of it isn't covered under warranty. I dread my daughter having to deal with this when she is older and off our insurance! It's so stupid that something that is medically necessary in order to use your...

I see! I thought the appointment they were both going to was for the ENT, but now I see that they are going to see the audi, not the ENT. Thanks for clearing that up!

What I don't understand is why the mom is going to the appointment with the ENT at ALL if she feels so strongly that she is being pushed into something she doesn't want to do? Why doesn't she just say, "Thanks, but no thanks", and find another audiologist who will better understand her needs...

Isn't it possible that the audi thought she was helping out a very confused and upset mom by making an appointment with the ENT for her, rather than there being some self-serving ulterior motive for it? The first thing we did when we suspected our daughter was deaf was see a local audi, and the...

Has anyone bought the Zephyr dehumidifier yet? Is it as good as the bigger Dry & Store? I was interested in purchasing one for the drying (don't need the germ killing light), so liked the idea of the Zephyr, plus it is $30 cheaper. Also, has anyone ordered from Hearing USA before (Hearing...