Guest guest Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 , Welcome to the group we are always happy to welcome new members, and I for one want to thank you for joining (and I know I am not alone in that thought!!!)! I sincerely hope you find the help and support you and your son need right now. While I can't relate as well as some other members might - I am a late deafened adult, I do understand the depression and total shock of a sudden hearing loss. I also understand and truly rejoice at what my CI has done for me, so I agree with the others and encourage you to follow up with the evaluation process and if the CI team tells you your son is a good candidate and your son wants it well all I can say is GO FOR IT! There are no guarantees but Implant technology is well established, and the surgery has a great record of success. Please post any and all questions, concerns, worries, and even random thoughts you or you son have, someone will always answer. And you might even encourage your son to post here too, we don't seem to have many young folks posting that I know of and I for one would love to see them on here and get their opinions. Best of luck to you and your entire family, keep the faith, there is hope, I know it may not seem like it right now, but things can get better and with the right help they will. Regards Mike " Ears Hopin " P Implanted June 3rd, 2005 Activated July 6th, 2005 Nucleus Freedom Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:42:28 -0000 From: " robertbudder " <robertnj63@...> Subject: new to group Hello group, i am robert and i live in new jersey. My son is 11 ans was born with a severe to profound hearing loss. We got him hearing aids as a baby and he was put in to total communication programs. He has learned speech and has done ok in a deaf program that is contained in a mainstreem school system. About 2 years ago he lost whatever hearing he had in his left ear. He got by wearing his one hearing aid and was doing ok. Just last week he suddenly lost all the hearing in his right ear and we are devastated. He just started to cry...and he suddenly was immersed in total silence. I have been so depressed and find myself crying in my car every day as i drive to and from work. Last week, i met with a cochlear surgeon at the University Hospital in Newark. I met the audiologist there as well..we did testing and they said they would love to implant him. I went home and have been reading non-stop about everything i can lay my eyes on. I now have an appointment with childrens hospital in philadelphia to see what they have to offer. This appt is on Dec.30. Im trying to do all this and battle this feeling of depression i feel building inside me. He keeps telling me he hates his life now. He tells me he cant even hear his voice anymore. He used to have such a lovely voice...but his words are becoming less and less clear..its almost like he is slipping away through my fingers. I explained the cochlear to him and he wants it. So this is my story, i found this group just a few minutes ago, i turn to all the members for support, hope, comfort. Every time i see my son i feel his pain, i pain every second of every day, maybe i am weak..i dont know...but i want to do everything possible to help him.......anyway..thanks for letting me join. robert -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 12/16/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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