Hello everyone,
I am mom to a son with a mild to moderate high frequency loss, APD and fluctuating conductive loss. I also have a niece who is deaf. All of my sons life we were not given any alternatives for communication or any options for hearing aids. The reasons range from speech only communication was best to his hearing could clear up after this surgery or that medication, to hearing aids do not help high frequency loss. Now 20 years later he still has high frequency loss and struggles with verbal communication. He is now very reclusive and has a difficult time interacting with people because he can't understand them or they cannot understand him. I feel I have let him down by listening to all these experts and now I want to try and help him get his life back. We are starting ASL classes and I have made him an appointment to begin the process of looking into a hearing aid (if one is possible). I am here to get educated and be proactive.
I am mom to a son with a mild to moderate high frequency loss, APD and fluctuating conductive loss. I also have a niece who is deaf. All of my sons life we were not given any alternatives for communication or any options for hearing aids. The reasons range from speech only communication was best to his hearing could clear up after this surgery or that medication, to hearing aids do not help high frequency loss. Now 20 years later he still has high frequency loss and struggles with verbal communication. He is now very reclusive and has a difficult time interacting with people because he can't understand them or they cannot understand him. I feel I have let him down by listening to all these experts and now I want to try and help him get his life back. We are starting ASL classes and I have made him an appointment to begin the process of looking into a hearing aid (if one is possible). I am here to get educated and be proactive.