Re: Mild Hearing Loss

June 11, 1999

>>There are also social issues with kids who are mainstreamed with any sort

of hearing loss - particularly in not hearing the " in passing "

conversations. Don't let them try to tell your friend " well because the

child ONLY has a mild loss.... " because there are issues! <<

I agree, and this is something I hear of the schools saying quite a bit. For

help and documentation in IEP's, check out this page of quotes from:

Flexer, Carol Ann. Facilitating Hearing and Listening in Young Children. San

Diego: Singular Publishing Group, 1994.

http://lonestar.texas.net/~listenup/peptic/flexer.htm

Not all of the quotes will relate to this situation, but it was one of the

situations I was thinking about when I pulled the quotes from this book.

And, for those who weren't here when we discussed it earlier, this link is

to my private web site, not the public Listen-Up site. Please don't pass

this link around.

Kay

June 11, 1999

In a message dated 6/11/99 10:22:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

listenup@... writes:

<< And, for those who weren't here when we discussed it earlier, this link is

to my private web site, not the public Listen-Up site. Please don't pass

this link around.

Kay >>

Kay,

Thanks for the site. Who is Carol Ann? What are her credentials?

Audiologist, teacher, SP what? Wont disseminate this info-not to worrry.

Terry

June 11, 1999

>Thanks for the site. Who is Carol Ann? What are her credentials?

Carol Flexer, Ph.D. Professor of Audiology at the University of Akron

http://www.uakron.edu/sslpa/faculty/flexer.html

Special areas of expertise include pediatric and educational audiology. She

has lectured internationally, authored over 70 publications, and served as

consultant to many school districts regarding educational and technological

management of typical children and children with hearing loss. She has

co-edited two books: HOW THE STUDENT WITH HEARING LOSS CAN SUCCEED IN

COLLEGE, and SOUND-FIELD FM AMPLIFICATION: THEORY AND PRACTICAL

APPLICATIONS. She has authored a third book titled, FACILITATING HEARING AND

LISTENING IN YOUNG CHILDREN.

Dr. Flexer is a past president of the EDUCATIONAL AUDIOLOGY ASSOCIATION, and

past Board member of AUDITORY-VERBAL INTERNATIONAL, and immediate past

president of THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGY.

June 12, 1999

In a message dated 6/11/99 9:55:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

listenup@... writes:

<< Carol Flexer, Ph.D. Professor of Audiology at the University of Akron

http://www.uakron.edu/sslpa/faculty/flexer.html >>

Kay,

Once again, thanks for the help!

Terry

June 12, 1999

In a message dated 6/12/99 12:55:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

listenup@... writes:

> Carol Flexer, Ph.D. Professor of Audiology at the University of Akron

> http://www.uakron.edu/sslpa/faculty/flexer.html

>

> Special areas of expertise include pediatric and educational audiology. She

> has lectured internationally, authored over 70 publications, and served as

> consultant to many school districts regarding educational and technological

> management of typical children and children with hearing loss.

We are one of the families in Ohio who has benefited from Dr. Flexer's

expertise. When my daughter was first diagnosed as profoundly deaf, all the

professionals we met told us that she did not have enough residual hearing to

hear. To make a long story short, we met Carol. She told us that through

appropriate amplification and intensive auditory-verbal therapy, my daughter

could learn language through listening alone. My initial reaction was " get

real! " How could I teach my daughter to hear when she did not even hear us

with hearing aids on? But Dr. Flexer was right. Stacey finally learned to

hear, to discriminate speech, and to talk. She has been mainstreamed from the

beginning and she just finished her sophomore year at the College of Wooster,

majoring in communication sciences and disorders. Stacey not only mastered

English, but she went on to learn German. All of her accomplishments are

possible because we met Dr. Flexer at the right time. Many, many of Dr.

Flexer's severe to profound or profoundly deaf " kids " are doing very well.

In fact, you can meet some of them at this website www.nciOHIO.com. If you

check out this website, my daughter is the 19 year old on the " Hear the Kids "

section of the website.

Betty

June 13, 1999

We are from Ohio also, and I was wondering if I could e-mail you

privately with some questions regarding the services in your area of

the state? We are currently trying to get our six year old son fit with

new hearing aids, and I have some concerns regarding the situation...I

would love to find an audiologist whose office I could walk out of and

feel secure about what was discussed...but right now we are getting

juggled around and feel like no one is trying to help us maximize his

hearing and/or potential for speech. I read your daughter's profile as

well as some of the other children's, and I was very impressed.

They are already talking about evaluating him for a CI if his next

hearing aids don't help, based on his current audiograms but he is

wearing the same Phonak Pico Fortes he has had since he was diagnosed

in 1994 and the audiologist admitted they weren't the right aids for

him now. I feel there ought to be other hearing aids we can try before

we go that route, although I would go that route if I felt for sure

that was the answer for him and that we had tried all other reasonable

alternatives.

Please let me know if you would be willing to answer some questions

that I have. We live in southwest Ohio but would travel for better

services.

Thanks,

>

> We are one of the families in Ohio who has benefited

> from Dr. Flexer's

> expertise. When my daughter was first diagnosed as

> profoundly deaf, all the

> professionals we met told us that she did not have

> enough residual hearing to

> hear. To make a long story short, we met Carol. She

> told us that through

> appropriate amplification and intensive

> auditory-verbal therapy, my daughter

> could learn language through listening alone. My

> initial reaction was " get

> real! " How could I teach my daughter to hear when

> she did not even hear us

> with hearing aids on? But Dr. Flexer was right.

> Stacey finally learned to

> hear, to discriminate speech, and to talk

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June 14, 1999

>

<<<We are from Ohio also, and I was wondering if I could e-mail you

privately with some questions regarding the services in your area of the

state?>>>

,

Absolutely. Please e-mail me anytime. I live in a small city 15 miles from

Akron and about 45 miles from Cleveland. Is that far from where you live?

Our support group will have a picnic next Saturday and you are welcome to

join us. Our parents are very upbeat and very supportive. If you can make it

to the picnic, please let me know and I'll send you the directions.

< <<We are currently trying to get our six year old son fit with new hearing

aids, and I have some concerns regarding the situation...

but right now we are getting juggled around and feel like no one is trying to

help us maximize his hearing and/or potential for speech. >>>

Finding the right audiologist can make a big difference in your child's life.

Since Stacey has a profound loss in both her ears, we had (still have)

difficulties with earmolds fitting. When she was little, at least three

hearing aid dealers tried to convince us to turn down her hearing aids to

stop the feedback.They were thinking about their profit margin, not Stacey's

hearing potential. We are very fortunate to have met Dr. Flexer. She had made

(and is still making) a big difference in Stacey's life.

Betty

June 14, 1999

I attended a AV conference in Iowa City in April. The two speakers (names

escape me, I'm very bad withthat I havethem at home but I'm at work) anyway, I

think his first name was and he works at Wooster College. He showed

videos of some of their AV kids and I do believe was one of them. Could I

be right? Heidi

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