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One of our worst nightmares happened today when our 13-month old swallowed her older brother's hearing aid battery. I have to admit that I've long been afraid this would happen. The problem with our son's Oticon Safaris is that the only way to shut the aids off is to open the battery...

When I last visited, we were living as expats in El Salvador and had recently learned that our 4 y.o. is HOH (mild to moderate). We moved back to the U.S. to get services, and we have him in a great public school "contained classroom" program for D/HOH. He's almost six and will start...

Please forgive the randomness of this thread and if it's been discussed before... I am the parent of a 5 year-old bioy with moderate hearing loss. He wears HA's and is in an oral/auditory program at a mainstream school. His school has been great - like a second family to us. Here's the...

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I was just reading the thread about "Do all DHH kids have IEP's" - very informative, because my HOH son doesn't have an IEP. He is 4 years old and was diagnosed with hearing loss a few months ago here in San Salvador. Had I known my kid was HOH, I would have done things differently. I would...

In El Salvador, Obama Nears End of Latin America Tour | USA | English My little boy (4 yo, HOH) got to "high five" Obama this morning! It took him just a second to register that the leader of the free world wanted a high five, but he did it! I look forward to posting photos as soon as I get...

Hi, I found out only a few months ago that my 4 year old has moderate hearing loss in both ears. We're Americans living abroad in El Salvador and quickly learning about the Deaf community and schools here. I have so many questions, and I've already begun posting in the ASL-Oralism section...

I want my son to learn ASL (he is HOH). Can someone tell me, please, if the people signing in this video are signing ASL? At the school, they told me they use ASL with Spanish grammar, but I don't understand that statement. YouTube - El Salvador- Escuela Cristiana para Sordos

Hi, I'm new to the forum and found out just a few months ago that my son has moderate hearing loss in both ears. He is almost 4, but the reason we found out so late is that he's lived overseas since birth. My son is exposed to several languages - Russian (primary), English, and Spanish. Since we...