Re: Re: Dental work/Selma/Patti

[Guest guest]

Hi Jackie,

We thought about that too but no, he has been loud from day 1, he wants everyone

to notice him. Also, he has spent a lot of time at the airport hanger and he

would have

to yell sometimes to be heard over the noise around there. He is a sweetheart

and everyone loves to have him around, even when he does get real loud. His

cousin, Kipp, lives with us and he is a very quiet 11 yr. old but he misses Jake

when he doesn't visit us. One of these days Jake will get too quiet and we

will then need to worry about him.....BG Kristoffer is adopted and we knew he

might have a hearing problem one day, so daughter had him checked out by school

and can you believe what they said...........all his hearing and speech problems

are because I am hearing impaired and have cared for him most of his life while

his mom works as a teacher. We were shocked at that report, how could I have

cause any of his problems, I had raised 6 kids, not one has a speech or hearing

problem, they either finished college or are still taking some classes at

college, and all are doing well in the jobs they have. Needless to say, we

were not happy with that woman's report to the school and they knew it. Even my

doctors couldn't believe it. I guess she needed someone to blame and I was the

most handy one around. Selma

Re: Dental work/Selma/Patti

Hi, Everyone,

I had some dental work done shortly after I had my CI put in. I had

caps and overlays, and the usual cleaning. I called my surgeon, my audi and

Cochlear. All said antibiotics would not be necessary. My dentist had no

quelms

whatsoever about treating me. My CI is on the right ear, so I usually remove

the processor just so I'm not laying on it as I turn my head in the chair to

be worked on. Also, my husband had a triple by-pass last summer and his

doctor

and our dentist both said he didn't need antibiotics for his usual check-up

with cleaning. Perhaps for more extensive work he would. (HA! if I could

just get him to agree to do that extra work! He announces himself to the

dental

staff as " Chicken Little " ! LOL)

Selma - nice to meet you! What a thrill for you to hear again. You

mentioned your grandson Jake a few times as being a loud little 6 year old.

Does

he do this because he is aware Grandma needs him to raise his voice? If not,

just a suggestion, please have his hearing checked. Loud voices are often the

first sign that a child could be having a hearing problem.

Alice? ? My friend's newborn grandson ( just a few weeks old now)

was tested for hearing and the first test showed one ear deaf, but second

test showed it was fine. Is there a good hearing center anywhere near

Montrose,

Colorado, that I could refer them to for a definative hearing evaluation?

Thanks for any info!

Kat - good luck!!! Dont be nervous - Just plan how you want to be

catered to for a few weeks and make sure everyone knows the plan! LOL

Patti - hang in there! My hook-up was awful, too! I kept saying to my

husband, how can the audiologist let me go home hearing like this???? It's 7

months for me now, and things are getting better. I am lipreading much

better,

but to understand speech I am still wearing my hearing aid in my unimplanted

ear. I've noticed just recently that my hearing aid is helping less and less,

but I can't do without it yet. I also noticed that without my CI processor,

and JUST my hearing aid - I am not happy with the little hearing I get

anymore. I need both. I count this as progress. I am receiving A/V therapy

once a

week and feel it is helping me. My therapist sees subtle, but definate

improvement. I'm just not one of those first day, turn-on miracles.

So I keep plugging along and staying with this forum and others where people

are supportive and encouraging. I hope you will, too! Feel free to vent,

ask questions, or describe some new sound you've heard!

) Jackie

Activated Nov.5,2002

[Guest guest]

Hi Selma,

That story about your the adopted son reminded me of what went on when my

youngest daughter was in school. got a note from the teacher and learned

that my daughter knew all the answers when called upon however, she never

used her voice and expected everyone to understand her. Seems when she

spoke with me she never used her voice and I was always lip-reading her. So

from then on I made it a point for her to use her voice in school and at

home to make sure she did that I placed my hand on her neck to feel her

voice vibrations and finally got her to use her voice. Yet to this day when

visiting her out west she still does not use her voice but sine wearing the

CI she has to use her voice. Kids have a way with us. SMILES

Re: Re: Dental work/Selma/Patti

> Hi Jackie,

>

> We thought about that too but no, he has been loud from day 1, he wants

everyone to notice him. Also, he has spent a lot of time at the airport

hanger and he would have

> to yell sometimes to be heard over the noise around there. He is a

sweetheart and everyone loves to have him around, even when he does get real

loud. His cousin, Kipp, lives with us and he is a very quiet 11 yr. old but

he misses Jake when he doesn't visit us. One of these days Jake will get

too quiet and we will then need to worry about him.....BG Kristoffer is

adopted and we knew he might have a hearing problem one day, so daughter had

him checked out by school and can you believe what they said...........all

his hearing and speech problems are because I am hearing impaired and have

cared for him most of his life while his mom works as a teacher. We were

shocked at that report, how could I have cause any of his problems, I had

raised 6 kids, not one has a speech or hearing problem, they either finished

college or are still taking some classes at college, and all are doing well

in the jobs they have. Needless to say, we were not happy with that

woman's report to the school and they knew it. Even my doctors couldn't

believe it. I guess she needed someone to blame and I was the most handy

one around. Selma

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I had that problem with my #2 daughter until she was 3 yrs. old.she would not

talk in sentenses, she would make monkey montions with her mouth or her head,

only my oldest daughter, who was 14 months older, knew what she wanted. We

finallly had to tell dau #1 to let her younger sister try to talk, none of us

would do anything for her until the day she told us what she wanted. Now this

dau is a mechanical engineer in aviation and doing great. Like the other kids,

she got to the point where she didn't know when to shut up.......Selma

Re: Re: Dental work/Selma/Patti

> Hi Jackie,

>

> We thought about that too but no, he has been loud from day 1, he wants

everyone to notice him. Also, he has spent a lot of time at the airport

hanger and he would have

> to yell sometimes to be heard over the noise around there. He is a

sweetheart and everyone loves to have him around, even when he does get real

loud. His cousin, Kipp, lives with us and he is a very quiet 11 yr. old but

he misses Jake when he doesn't visit us. One of these days Jake will get

too quiet and we will then need to worry about him.....BG Kristoffer is

adopted and we knew he might have a hearing problem one day, so daughter had

him checked out by school and can you believe what they said...........all

his hearing and speech problems are because I am hearing impaired and have

cared for him most of his life while his mom works as a teacher. We were

shocked at that report, how could I have cause any of his problems, I had

raised 6 kids, not one has a speech or hearing problem, they either finished

college or are still taking some classes at college, and all are doing well

in the jobs they have. Needless to say, we were not happy with that

woman's report to the school and they knew it. Even my doctors couldn't

believe it. I guess she needed someone to blame and I was the most handy

one around. Selma

[Guest guest]

Hi Selma .

That is really great and mine went on to major in Chemistry and Biology and

at present is a Bio-Technician and is going for her Masters in Business

Administration. She has been doing great too. We are proud of our kids are

we not???? She was my #2 daughter. I do have three sons and another

daughter. Funny though when they were in school as well as college they

never told their friend I was deaf , I guess we all got by with

lip-reading..

Got to go, our neighborhood picnic today.

[Guest guest]

Selma,

That's a very comforting reply. Both of my sons (9 year old twins) take

speech therapy at school because they have trouble with the " r " sound.

I was quite concerned that the problem might have stemmed from my own

speech (people often wonder what country I'm from when they hear my

" deaf accent " ). I thought they might have picked up the problem from

me, since obviously, they hear me so much (I was going to say listen to

me so much, but I wonder how often they actually listen LOL!). The

speech teachers didn't think that would cause the problem. Thanks for

sharing your experience--eases my mind.

Fisk

Atlanta, GA

CII 4/25/03, hook-up 5/27/03

Re: Re: Dental work/Selma/Patti

Hi Jackie,

We thought about that too but no, he has been loud from day 1, he wants

everyone to notice him. Also, he has spent a lot of time at the airport

hanger and he would have

to yell sometimes to be heard over the noise around there. He is a

sweetheart and everyone loves to have him around, even when he does get

real loud. His cousin, Kipp, lives with us and he is a very quiet 11

yr. old but he misses Jake when he doesn't visit us. One of these days

Jake will get too quiet and we will then need to worry about him.....BG

Kristoffer is adopted and we knew he might have a hearing problem one

day, so daughter had him checked out by school and can you believe what

they said...........all his hearing and speech problems are because I am

hearing impaired and have cared for him most of his life while his mom

works as a teacher. We were shocked at that report, how could I have

cause any of his problems, I had raised 6 kids, not one has a speech or

hearing problem, they either finished college or are still taking some

classes at college, and all are doing well in the jobs they have.

Needless to say, we were not happy with that woman's report to the

school and they knew it. Even my doctors couldn't believe it. I guess

she needed someone to blame and I was the most handy one around.

Selma

[Guest guest]

,

My youngest grandson, Jake, also has a speech problem and no one knows why, sure

isn't from me as he doesn't listen to me. He is doing better in school but it

is going to be a long time before he talks normal. He is going to his other

grandmother in Montana this summer, a teacher, who is going to work with him,

hopeful she can make some improvements. Right now, Jake doesn't seem to mind

the way he talks, but that may change in 2nd grade. He loves to tease and can

take his share of teasing, without getting mad. He can tell you who the driver

is of different race cares and know the make of the race cares. He also can

tell you the names of many different aircrafts that he sees at the airport, he

listens to what he ils interested in and can remember it all. His mom was like

that, when she was 2 1/2 yrs. old, she was answering the phone for me and

writing down phone numbers and names, altho not in the correct order, we had to

figure out what she put down. I'll bet your twins are very smart too.......

Re: Re: Dental work/Selma/Patti

Hi Jackie,

We thought about that too but no, he has been loud from day 1, he wants

everyone to notice him. Also, he has spent a lot of time at the airport

hanger and he would have

to yell sometimes to be heard over the noise around there. He is a

sweetheart and everyone loves to have him around, even when he does get

real loud. His cousin, Kipp, lives with us and he is a very quiet 11

yr. old but he misses Jake when he doesn't visit us. One of these days

Jake will get too quiet and we will then need to worry about him.....BG

Kristoffer is adopted and we knew he might have a hearing problem one

day, so daughter had him checked out by school and can you believe what

they said...........all his hearing and speech problems are because I am

hearing impaired and have cared for him most of his life while his mom

works as a teacher. We were shocked at that report, how could I have

cause any of his problems, I had raised 6 kids, not one has a speech or

hearing problem, they either finished college or are still taking some

classes at college, and all are doing well in the jobs they have.

Needless to say, we were not happy with that woman's report to the

school and they knew it. Even my doctors couldn't believe it. I guess

she needed someone to blame and I was the most handy one around.

Selma