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No one can make this decision but you, but in my experience today it doesn't really matter where you go for your undergraduate degree. Unless you're trying to get into Goldman Sachs or something. Not one school is any better of a pipeline into a job than another school because schools don't...

This reinforces the low expectations that have been set for children in Deaf schools. Not that all deaf schools hold such low standards but not all deaf schools are equal in rigor. Though I never attended Deaf school I did take an online-based program with a one-weekend face to face component of...

Actually, there is no one way of how deaf education "should" work. The communication differences and needs of different deaf/hoh children vary. Many may need a Deaf school or primarily deaf/hoh program early on. Others may not. There are those who need only itinerant support. What it really...

This has been my experience for the last 6 months as well while I was exploring CI's. Before that, my word discrimination score was much too high. I would add, it is still possible to have some speech perception when aided, being face to face with someone in controlled environments. But the...

Lifting above the head too much too soon can also stretch the scar. It may not be the most important reason to not lift and your surgeon may not say anything about that scar being stretched in that case. It's not a big scar, but still, scars look way worse when they become stretched. Might not...

Yup even if we increased the volume again it'd give me feedback like it did last time. My old hearing aid was a Q50 so I guess that's pretty equal footing except for the slight increase in volume. My audi didn't see the point of a Q70 or Q90 because many of the fancier features require binaural...

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At your grandson's age, kids need LANGUAGE period. No matter whether it is visual/spatial or oral. You're doing the right thing by what you are doing. So what if he doesn't develop great speech, at least with ASL he will have developed language in another way.

So I can no longer hear anything out of my Nadia Q SP. My hearing decided to go down, then it went back up but didn't stay up, and at this point it is definitely not coming back to my baseline levels. Brilliant audiologist (sarcasm) put a program on that hearing aid at a lower volume for hearing...

Maybe you didn't have problems on it but that drug has given other people several problematic side effects, i.e. insomnia, extreme hunger, sweats, stomach/digestive issues, heartburn, reflux, etc. all of which really throw things off in a generally healthy body. I don't think it's necessary to...

It is short term and I took it for 10 days. However the more severe the level of deafness, the less chance it'll work. I took it and I personally don't think that it's worth the effects. Maybe people who grew up hearing will find more value in it, but I don't. It's treating deafness like...

It is mind boggling. My audiologist even said there is a BIG difference between severe and profound. Interestingly she also conceptualized the process of going from a hearing aid to a CI as "graduating", for those who are appropriate candidates. Puts a positive spin on it and gives me some hope...

Right. The CI is a last resort and it shouldn't be taken lightly. However what is "effective" is a grey area and there can be variation as to what that means in the cases of many different deaf/hoh people. I can manage 1:1 conversation with most people who have good speaking voices but there are...

Yup! I'm in the process of evaluation. I have a basic hearing test in a week and a half. Then I may have another basic hearing test. The reason why they may not do a comprehensive evaluation for another month is because they probably want to make sure I'm not fluctuating too much. I get that...

You're 17. Some states had newborn hearing screening programs and some did not in the mid 90s. Although the beginnings of these programs existed earlier, EHDI programs didn't take off until a few years later, between 1999 and 2002. And even though something might exist, it takes YEARS for it to...

2 and a half weeks is not enough time to develop speech if he has not had constant, audible access to speech/sound for at least a portion of the time before his hearing loss. Can I ask when he was diagnosed? Was he born hearing? Did he have a loss over time? These days most states have newborn...

The label/identity of late deafened did not come into the picture until recently when after hearing "almost normal" I had a sudden loss to the profound range in most frequencies 2 months ago. I didn't know what it was like to be VERY hard of hearing growing up even though I had severe hearing...

judethedude- First off- cool username :cool2: Secondly, your situation sounds exactly like mine was before I recently experienced more hearing loss. I never said anything about my deafness at interviews. I interacted normally and I passed as hearing. If I was hired, then I would tell...

This. All very good points here. Also my two cents, as a parent I would also say it's very important 1) Know your kids and how they function across several different environments in terms of communication, and 2) Look into all available options, including Deaf schools, camps. If they are...

...is a really big question right now. Long story short, I've used hearing aids all my life and I had some sudden hearing losses that have put me more in the profound category than the severe, as well as compromise my ability to understand speech and discern sounds. My ability to understand...