Re: Digest Number 304

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> http://deafness.about.com/library/weekly/aa111599.htm

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> Thought maybe someone out there could use this information!

It is a great page of info. is on this list so I'm sure she's glad you

liked it enough to share it with us.

I've also got a page with some info on it:

http://listenup.tripod.com/haidfund.htm

s great and I'm glad she's on this list, also Sherry Zee from

http://home1.gte.net/sherryze/

I get many good ideas and suggestions from the 2 of them and try to pass

along info for them also.

Speaking of which....HEADS UP SHERRY, THIS IS FOR YOU!

I recently put up a new ruling CJ sent me:

Doe v. Board of Education of the Detroit Public Schools

http://listenup.tripod.com/ruling3.htm

Celeste, sorry I didn't let you know when I got it up last week, but I was

having big problems getting my server to upload it. Took Tripod and myself a

week to get it figured out. In the meantime I had to use a different method

to upload stuff and lost the contents of my guestbook and the web map is now

all messed up. I've been concentrating on getting the problem solved and

didn't get a message off to you. So sorry, but it was online the day after I

said I would get it there.

> This is interesting. There's often a gap between my daughters' srt

and pure tones also.

It was explained to me once this way. Only certain frequencies are tested

with tones, so only those tones tested show up on the charts. A child can

have spikes of better hearing between those tested tones. Since speech

covers more frequencies than just the tested tones, this may account for the

gap.

This may or may not be what is happening in your cases, but it was one

audiologists explanation why JD was able to do better with his hearing loss

than most " professionals " thought he should. Of course, there were other

explanations offered as well, like if the loss is a reverse slope like JD's,

there could actually be some better high frequency hearing which is not

tested for, but may be giving him additional information.

> How accurate is this???? I hope for good news tomorrow, starting to REALLY

> get worried now!!!

By now I hope you've seen the dentist and he has reassured you. Please let

us know how things turned out.

> X-rays will clearly show teeth developing, but I'd bet the dentist will be

> able to tell a lot without them.

You beat me to it Chris! ;-)

Kay

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>I recently put up a new ruling CJ sent me:

>Doe v. Board of Education of the Detroit Public Schools

>http://listenup.tripod.com/ruling3.htm

The list should know that I redacted the decision and named the

student's family Doe. If one wants to refer to it legally, that is not

the name of the action, but the redacted info I sent to Kay will give

one enough into to get the skinny from the Michigan Dept. of Ed. I

also took out my home address. If anyone is interested enough to read

it, please don't talk to anyone in MI about it for another 2 weeks.

The district still has time to appeal (which, to our knowledge they

have not done) but we wouldn't want to have anything jog them in that

direction.

>Celeste, sorry I didn't let you know when I got it up last week, but I was

>having big problems getting my server to upload it. Took Tripod and myself a

>week to get it figured out. In the meantime I had to use a different method

>to upload stuff and lost the contents of my guestbook and the web map is now

>all messed up. I've been concentrating on getting the problem solved and

>didn't get a message off to you. So sorry, but it was online the day after I

>said I would get it there.

Geez, Kay. I'm so sorry all that happened. I told you not to rush.

I'm just grateful that you are willing to post it. Can you get your

guestbook and web map back? Now I'm feeling guilty. Don't apologize

for not letting me know personally or taking some time with it. You

are simply outstanding!!!

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Celeste,

I read the decision and found it fascinating. Don't worry, I don't know

anyone else in Michigan, so I won't be talking to any of your locals about

it!

Glad you are back with us. How's the hand coming?

Dixie

Re: Digest Number 304

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>>I recently put up a new ruling CJ sent me:

>>Doe v. Board of Education of the Detroit Public Schools

>>http://listenup.tripod.com/ruling3.htm

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>The list should know that I redacted the decision and named the

>student's family Doe. If one wants to refer to it legally, that is not

>the name of the action, but the redacted info I sent to Kay will give

>one enough into to get the skinny from the Michigan Dept. of Ed. I

>also took out my home address. If anyone is interested enough to read

>it, please don't talk to anyone in MI about it for another 2 weeks.

>The district still has time to appeal (which, to our knowledge they

>have not done) but we wouldn't want to have anything jog them in that

>direction.

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>>Celeste, sorry I didn't let you know when I got it up last week, but I was

>>having big problems getting my server to upload it. Took Tripod and myself

a

>>week to get it figured out. In the meantime I had to use a different

method

>>to upload stuff and lost the contents of my guestbook and the web map is

now

>>all messed up. I've been concentrating on getting the problem solved and

>>didn't get a message off to you. So sorry, but it was online the day after

I

>>said I would get it there.

>

>Geez, Kay. I'm so sorry all that happened. I told you not to rush.

>I'm just grateful that you are willing to post it. Can you get your

>guestbook and web map back? Now I'm feeling guilty. Don't apologize

>for not letting me know personally or taking some time with it. You

>are simply outstanding!!!

>

>>All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post

is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to

copyright restrictions.

>

[Guest guest]

--- You wrote:

My daughter is pre/pro and her Spt have always been better than her

" audiogram " .......only by 5 - 10 dBs.......but still better. I assumed this

was always the case...??

--- end of quote ---

same thing with Ezekiel. The audiologist felt it was normal, just that a child

at that age is more interested in hearing human speech and therefore more

readily responsive.

K

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Celeste,

Its me, miss nosy....Did you have surgery for carpel tunnel? I would find it

hard to do those exercises after surgery I think. Just sat here and did them

myself LOL

How long is the healing process? Hope you heal soon!

Terry

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>Celeste,

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>I read the decision and found it fascinating. Don't worry, I don't know

>anyone else in Michigan, so I won't be talking to any of your locals about

>it!

I'm surprised. Most people would not find it fascinating, unless they,

too, were fighting to get a child into a state school for the Deaf. I

did have to laugh when I first read it, cuz that week was sooooo

intense, and the decision makes it sound so short and dry.

>Glad you are back with us. How's the hand coming?

The hand is mending. The surgery itself, was a complete success;

unfortunately, the scar is larger/thicker than one normally would

develop (this has never happened to me before) so it does impede my

range of motion a bit, and then it aches. I have to see the OT for

this. She showed me some exercises I'm supposed to do ten times/day,

and referring to two of them, I said, " Oh! Easy enough. B-10, B-10;

L-21; L-21. " She thought I was nuts until I explained. I also have to

wear a silicone gel patch over the scar every night. The OT gave me a

piece about 1.3 " x1.3 " that she cut off from a larger piece. It really

helps a lot. I'd like to buy some silicone gel sheets, but can't find

them anywhere. Anyone have any clues?

The bad news is that it's now in my left thumb. The doc hopes to avoid

surgery, so he gave me a cortisone injection (PAIN! I mean, tears

streaming down my face during this interminable procedure) and the OT

made me a custom splint. I'm to keep it splinted until Dec. 2, when I

go back to see the surgeon. Say a prayer it works!

Well, I can feel that this is enough typing for now. (I can dust, but I

still can't vacuum. Aw shucks!)

Celeste

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Celeste,

Glad things are going well for you.

[Guest guest]

Celeste,

Glad the surgery was a success. Hope you get over the problems caused by

the scar quickly. I have tendonitis in my left shoulder, and the doctor

wants to give me a shot of cortisone. She claims that she uses a very thin

needle, and it is almost painless. But I've heard enough from others that

I'm willing (for now) to live with the pain and discomfort rather than

undergo the shot. I'd be very interested in hearing if the shot helps your

thumb in the long run, as there may come a day when I want to try to get

this shoulder thing over with. It's been seven months already.

I think what I found fascinating about the decision was the ridiculousness

of the school district's position, and the pathetic arguments they made

about their program being appropriate for this student. It is interesting

to me to try to understand the logic of the educational establishment.

Reading this sort of thing is a learning experience, as I fully expect to be

embroiled in at least mediation if not due process over the interpreter

issue for my son by next summer. Thanks for sharing.

Dixie

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>>Celeste,

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>>I read the decision and found it fascinating. Don't worry, I don't know

>>anyone else in Michigan, so I won't be talking to any of your locals about

>>it!

>

>I'm surprised. Most people would not find it fascinating, unless they,

>too, were fighting to get a child into a state school for the Deaf. I

>did have to laugh when I first read it, cuz that week was sooooo

>intense, and the decision makes it sound so short and dry.

>

>>Glad you are back with us. How's the hand coming?

>

>The hand is mending. The surgery itself, was a complete success;

>unfortunately, the scar is larger/thicker than one normally would

>develop (this has never happened to me before) so it does impede my

>range of motion a bit, and then it aches. I have to see the OT for

>this. She showed me some exercises I'm supposed to do ten times/day,

>and referring to two of them, I said, " Oh! Easy enough. B-10, B-10;

>L-21; L-21. " She thought I was nuts until I explained. I also have to

>wear a silicone gel patch over the scar every night. The OT gave me a

>piece about 1.3 " x1.3 " that she cut off from a larger piece. It really

>helps a lot. I'd like to buy some silicone gel sheets, but can't find

>them anywhere. Anyone have any clues?

>

>The bad news is that it's now in my left thumb. The doc hopes to avoid

>surgery, so he gave me a cortisone injection (PAIN! I mean, tears

>streaming down my face during this interminable procedure) and the OT

>made me a custom splint. I'm to keep it splinted until Dec. 2, when I

>go back to see the surgeon. Say a prayer it works!

>

>Well, I can feel that this is enough typing for now. (I can dust, but I

>still can't vacuum. Aw shucks!)

>

>Celeste

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