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Thank you DieHardBiker for your response. We have chosen a total communication approach for my daughter. We all including my 4 year old have learned sign. My husband and I both have taken sign language in college (funny how things work out). My focus is not on her ears. I hope that wasn't the...

Thanks for the link. Those might work! I used Hanna Anderson bonnets when it was cooler. They worked perfectly but now that it has gotten warmer I stopped using them.

We did have an ear infection in January. A check up in February showed the the infection cleared up but there was some fluid in the middle ear. Hearing tests showed improvement so the audiologist said to give it a few weeks. I guess I could get it checked again.. I kinda think she does it for a...

My 11 month old keeps yanking out her hearing aid when she's mad or wants attention. It's driving me nuts!! We were using a retainer but lately she has gone beyond just pulling them out. She tries to separate it from the retainer. Recently she destroyed an earmold!! She has become really...

Tahir square is about 2 blocks from the embassy. We live about 30 mins away. My husband works at the airport. We only go to the embassy for administrative purposes so we are rarely affected by the protests. We are only assigned here for 2 years. As of today we have about 18 months left. We...

After re-reading my posts I think I may have been a little confusing. I have 2 daughters. My oldest daughter (3 years old) can hear. My youngest (6 months) has bilateral moderate to moderately severe hearing loss.

It's funny you say that. We don't really see a lot where we live. We are only aware of it through email and social media. The majority of what's going on happens in a one block radius downtown. It just so happens the US embassy is 2 blocks away. The embassy is usually only affected due to...

We are using the embassy facilities as well as what is available on the economy. Everyone here does. There are lots of families here. My daughters audiologist here trained at Johns Hopkins (of course Tricare verified her credentials). We received orders when I was 7 months pregnant and...

Thank you Csign!!!!! This was exactly what I was looking for! We are in the military but there isn't a lot of military here even if there were. The military has so many underused programs due to continuity when someone PCSs. They try to maintain a knowledge base but if the person coming into the...

I just wanted to give a sincere thank you to every single person that responded to my post. I have been so overwhelmed and frustrated since day one of her diagnoses. I don't have a lot of exposure to the deaf/HOH community and I get a lot of conflicting information. I haven't gotten a lot of...

That's what I thought! Another ignorant question but what is the difference between language and speech development? At this point I don't think we are ready for CI. Audiologist doesn't think she is "deaf enough." I am not against them but I'd rather wait to see how she does with other less...

GrendelQ and CSign thank you! You answered my question perfectly. I planned on incorporating signing. I am still researching support groups here. I do no that there is a significant culture here but the language barrier can be a hurdle at times. I see an American pediatrician here who is not...

Is this something I can do with videos and reading? Or does it have to be a specialist? Does the person need to be native english speaker? As it stands we will return to the states before her 2nd birthday. If there was no other rational option I would pack everything up tomorrow and my husband...

Thanks for the links. I have been directed to those sites by google searches I've done. I guess my question is about early intervention. I don't think I fully understand what that means. Some sites I've seen list hearing aids and cochlear implants as early intervention while others refer to a...

No. I don't. This entire experience is new to me. I am trying to learn as much as I can. I. Just hate the feeling of missing something. There is so much I don't know.

Hello! My youngest daughter who just turned 6 months old was diagnosed at 3 weeks with moderate to moderately severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Her diagnosis came in the midst of an international move (military family going to be overseas up to 2 years). We currently call Cairo...