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Babbling Ivan has been babbling quite alot lately. He seems to be babbling more and more. When we do our listening games he tries to bark like a dog or make the other sounds that we use. He does wear an aid on both ears and at times acts like he can percieve where a sound is coming from...

Nothing is written in stone only in a database. Minds can be changed and my decision from earlier is not certain. There are still many doubts about this in my mind. Early next week we have another meeting with the cochlear implant team. Also we will be visiting the people who will be...

Reading Cloggy, Also we are a reading family. Ivan's older brother loves books. Every night we must read three and he is learning how to read and loves to read along. Ivan we read books however due to the fact that he can not hear as much he seems to rush through the books, only looking...

We have had an abr test right at the beginning. He has had many hearing tests in the sound booth both aided and unaided. We have a pretty good idea of what he can percieve. However it is to my understanding that these test results have little to do with a child's ability to attain oral...

My conclusions This is not the first and only source that I am using to draw my conclusions. It has been over a year that this topic has been occuping the bulk of my thoughts. There is much passion and emotions involved in this debate of what is best for our deaf children but there are some...

Implants Easy? I have never said choosing an implant for your child is an easy way out. It is indeed a fantastic amount of work. No matter what you choose for your deaf child, communication will always be a struggle. Good luck to you, and I wish you all the best.

language delays? Ivan has only been using his aids for 10 months. How much can be expected from a child who has only started to use his hearing. As for language development he certainly seems to understand us when we sign and he make great efforts sign back to us.

Deaf Signers who are upset? Shel90 and others: There seems to be many individuals who feel cheated by their up-bringing in an auditory-verbal environment. They have admitted it here in this forum, I have met many Deaf adults who feel that way. This is so common it cannot be ignored. Are...

I never new that I would be facing a decision that seems to be a total crap shoot. A QFT: a smart person only believes half of what he hears. a genius knows which half to believe.

Left ear Pacman: He can percieve some sounds with his left ear with his HA but not much at all. However at time he seems to turn his head to sounds so he probably hears some.

Communication is important jillio: From the first day that we learned of Ivan's hearing loss we have been learning ASL. This is the only form of communication that we have at this point and we will not abandon this form of language until Ivan shows that he can and will learn spoken language...

Ivan's hearing Cloggy, The level of his hearing is certainly a factor in our decision. His hearing is quite good compared to many children with mondini. He is better with the higher frequencies than the low which is also different than most hearing losses. It is my understanding that the...

kayla123 I mis understood. You were quoting Spock. Sorry

More info Rockdrummer: Both of Ivan's cochlea have similar deformations. If we were to proceed with the implant it would be in his profound ear (left) and he would continue to use his HA in his right. We were told that only a couple of years ago Ivan would not have been a candidate but since...

We were recently informed that our 2 1/2 year old, severe (right), profound (left) deaf son is a candidate for an implant. He was born with his coclea only partially formed (Mondini). This decision seems almost impossible for us to make. He loves his HAs and wears them everyday. With our...

Another Parent Struggling with Coclear Decision My son was born shortly before the manditory hearing screening to newborns was implemented here. We discovered his severe/profound hearing loss when he was 18 months. He is almost 3 now and loves his hearing aids. He has speech training once a...