Guest guest Posted January 24, 2000 Report Share Posted January 24, 2000 In a message dated 1/24/2000 10:54:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, paula@... writes: << I am a sharer and would be happy to talk to anyone about anything and everything! Looking forward to it. >> Welcome to the list! We like sharers! Elaine B. (Mom to Jake/6yrs old/Clarion CI) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2000 Report Share Posted January 24, 2000 a, Welcome to the list. Did your whole family move or just you and your daughter? I am asking because I am thinking about moving with my daughter to a top notch oral school and have not looked into the one you mententioned. How do you pick a school? Sheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2000 Report Share Posted January 24, 2000 a, I just wanted to say welcome to the list. Elaine D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2000 Report Share Posted January 24, 2000 Hi a, How are you doing. I am from St. Louis. Have lived here all my life. My wife and I first ment at a church in South St. Louis. We are both hearing. We got together and were married in June of 1994. On December 26, 1994 we had a girl and named her andrea. We found out she was deaf at 18 months. She has attended Cental Institute for the Deaf on and off for a while. She was implanted in August of 1994. andrea is five year old now and is doing good. If you would like to read about another St. Louis family, (Mainly ) go to http://home.stlnet.com/~poohbear/index.html I would love to hear from you. Dave Venable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2000 Report Share Posted January 25, 2000 Hi Sheri, For a lot of years, Moog, the director of The Moog Oral School, was the was on of the top people at Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. It is my understanding that she was one of the most respected Oral Educators in the country for that time. A few years back, something caused a major rift in the educational philosophies of educators at CID. Moog decided to move on and start her own school. Many of the staff of CID went with her and they started a high quality school In St. Louis. If you would like to read more about it, along with St. Louis's two other wonderful Oral Schools, you can find them at http://home.postnet.com/~poohbear/deaf.html Good Luck with your Search. By the way, if you are looking for a town to move two that has not only quality schools for the deaf, but is an outstanding place to live, St. Louis can not be beat. And I am not just talking about the football team. Dave Venable Father of andrea . SDunnstern@... wrote: > From: SDunnstern@... > > a, > Welcome to the list. Did your whole family move or just you and your > daughter? I am asking because I am thinking about moving with my daughter to > a top notch oral school and have not looked into the one you mententioned. > How do you pick a school? > Sheri > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 Dear Lori, My heart goes out to you and your family - you certainly do hav e alot on your plate right now. The best advice I ever got was to take everything one day at a time. As much as we would all love to wave a magic wand and make our children better, it is a long road and you can only do so much on any given day. Your daughter is lucky to have a mother like you in her corner. About the hearing issue....I can't see amplifying an ear that hears normally. Wouldn't this make everything too loud for her? The FM system would allow speech to come directly into her ear, thus greatly eliminating the effect of background noise. Although I can see some benefit to this, I am surprised it was recommended. Through the years I have met many people who have hearing in just one ear and it doesn't seem to have a great effect on them. They ask people to speak in their better ear or they turn their heads to hear better. The only difficulty, I'm told, is in noisy situations. In school they were given preferential seating and some monitoring, but there again the loss did not have much impact. I hope this helps and I hope you find the answers you are looking for Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 > She told me profound meant deaf and you cannot > amplify deaf. Not necessarily. My son was profound in both ears, yet with hearing aids he was able to function well auditorily up till the last couple of years when his hearing loss progressed even more. Even then, he could still function auditorily in a quiet one-on-one situation. All kids are different and you just won't know one way or the other unless you try. > The FM system will amplify her good ear > and cut down on background noise, so I am told. I'm not sure why her good ear would need to be amplified. But it can be set so there is no amplification. What an FM system will do is take the sound that reaches the micropone of the transmitter and send it to your daughter's ear, probably via a " button " type ear-piece. > Would using this type of system benefit her at home > with the TV You can set the microphone by the speaker of the TV, but would this be something your daughter needs at home? Unless there is a lot of background noise in your house, would she benefit? Again, the only way to really know or not is to try it. Hugs, Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 In a message dated 3/23/00 7:59:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, semesky@... writes: << Without hearing in both ears, a child can not localize sound. You need two ears to hear where sound is coming from. Furthermore, if technology develops to the point where they can somehow transmit sound to that ear, a child is most successful if they have some kind of auditory memory in that ear. It is preferably to amplify that ear if at all possible. >> I just wanted to second the above. My daughter Holly was born with normal hearing in one ear and a moderate loss in the other. There was much talk about weather to aid or not aid the moderate loss ear....and a lot of talk about localization issues. In the end we did, and where thankful that we did because she eventually lost the normal hearing ear and thankfully had learned to listen using the aid. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 Without hearing in both ears, a child can not localize sound. You need two ears to hear where sound is coming from. Furthermore, if technology develops to the point where they can somehow transmit sound to that ear, a child is most successful if they have some kind of auditory memory in that ear. It is preferably to amplify that ear if at all possible. We couldn't do that with because he gets nothing except air pressure in his right ear. He used to have almost normal hearing in one ear and we'd have amplified him if there had been any residual hearing at all in the second ear. Especially for safety reasons...like trying to cross the street and not knowing which way a car is coming from> Christofer deHahn wrote: > > > > At 06:04 PM 3/22/00 -0800, you wrote: > > > > > >Hi and thanks to Marc, Kay, a and for > >the warm welcome. Yes is profound in one ear > >and normal in the other. I think the normal is the > >reason that they are telling me that amplification > >won't help. The audiologist explained that the aid > >would have to be really loud and mostly would > >hear static and it would be confusing to her - to hear > >normal in one ear and static in the other. I am at a > >loss here as I don't have alot of knowledge in this > >area. I have spoken to a few people about this and I > >seem to get different opinions. a few people > >shared you opinion to amplify. I spoke to one girl > >who is an OT at the hospital where I work and she is > >profound in one ear and has 30% in the other as a > >result of meningitis. She agreed with not amplifying. > > She told me profound meant deaf and you cannot > >amplify deaf. The FM system will amplify her good ear > >and cut down on background noise, so I am told. > > The FM will not cut down background noise, it will only raise the level of > the speaker with the microphone above the level of the environment. It > cannot discriminate between environmental sounds, speech, and > noise. However, a good digital hearing aid can. > > 30% loss means nothing. It is a meaningless statistic. Hearing loss is > measured in decibels. It can also be equated to a descriptive level such as > mild, moderate, severe, profound. > > I know of several kids that have a hearing loss like your child's, profound > in one ear and normal or near normal in the other. They are aided and make > good use of it. There's only one way to know, start an extended trial with > at least one brand/type of aid. > > Chris > > << Christofer deHahn.........Information Technology Manager >> > << Chiliad Publishing.............Amherst, Massachusetts, USA >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > MAXIMIZE YOUR CARD, MINIMIZE YOUR RATE! > Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as > 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. > Apply NOW! > http://click./1/2122/1/_/440511/_/953859110/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 At 06:04 PM 3/22/00 -0800, you wrote: > > >Hi and thanks to Marc, Kay, a and for >the warm welcome. Yes is profound in one ear >and normal in the other. I think the normal is the >reason that they are telling me that amplification >won't help. The audiologist explained that the aid >would have to be really loud and mostly would >hear static and it would be confusing to her - to hear >normal in one ear and static in the other. I am at a >loss here as I don't have alot of knowledge in this >area. I have spoken to a few people about this and I >seem to get different opinions. a few people >shared you opinion to amplify. I spoke to one girl >who is an OT at the hospital where I work and she is >profound in one ear and has 30% in the other as a >result of meningitis. She agreed with not amplifying. > She told me profound meant deaf and you cannot >amplify deaf. The FM system will amplify her good ear >and cut down on background noise, so I am told. The FM will not cut down background noise, it will only raise the level of the speaker with the microphone above the level of the environment. It cannot discriminate between environmental sounds, speech, and noise. However, a good digital hearing aid can. 30% loss means nothing. It is a meaningless statistic. Hearing loss is measured in decibels. It can also be equated to a descriptive level such as mild, moderate, severe, profound. I know of several kids that have a hearing loss like your child's, profound in one ear and normal or near normal in the other. They are aided and make good use of it. There's only one way to know, start an extended trial with at least one brand/type of aid. Chris << Christofer deHahn.........Information Technology Manager >> << Chiliad Publishing.............Amherst, Massachusetts, USA >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 THERE WILL BE NO MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC!!!!!!!!! When I get back on tomorrow morning, anyone else who has responded to this topic will be put on moderated status!!!!!!!!! Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2000 Report Share Posted May 15, 2000 > I have 1 question however, for the parents of older children who have been implanted...how much speech therapy does your children get in > school? JD gets one hour a week one-on-one. He's 13 years old and since his loss was progresive, he was oral and used his residual hearing before the implant. Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2000 Report Share Posted May 16, 2000 In a message dated 5/15/00 11:25:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, poal4dd@... writes: << Hello everyone! My name is Debbie Didier and I just joined this group. >> Welcome to the group. You'll find it very helpful. Good luck with getting info for your daughter. Mine's 4 so I can't help. Suzette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2000 Report Share Posted May 21, 2000 Hi , This is from PDHH (Hayley's mom) in Calif. Welcome to the list! > >Hi! My name is and I am mom to a soon-to-be 5 year old who is >severe-profoundly deaf. If you also happen to be on the PDHH list, you may >already be familiar with me from that list. > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2000 Report Share Posted May 21, 2000 > Hi! My name is and I am mom to a soon-to-be 5 year old who is > severe-profoundly deaf. If you also happen to be on the PDHH list, you may > already be familiar with me from that list. Welcome . We're happy to have you with us. You'll notice I'm much more chatty here than on PDHH. ;-) Have a wonderful day! Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2000 Report Share Posted May 23, 2000 Hi ! I don't know if you will remember, but I used to be on PDHH. My name is RoseAnn and my son is Zak. My favorite story is still the one you told about Tanner feeding his hearing aid to the seal at Sea World!! When I left PDHH you were at the school for the deaf and having problems, I see that did not work out. I am glad Tanner is doing better in the public school. I hope you find this list to be helpful and supportive! RoseAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Hi everyone!!! I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks and now that I'm ready to join the discussions, I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Mitch, I'm a 44 year old happily married, father-of-two, living in central NJ. I've had success on WW before. I lost about 90 pounds on WW in 1992 ( I was dating the wonderful girl I was to marry at the time - and she was real encouraging) --- and I lost 75 pounds or so in 2000. Each time, though, I got content,abandoned the program and put much of the weight back on ... so, I'm back. Well, sort of ... I decided to follow the WW program on my own for a while. Once I have some success, I might feel better about going back to the meetings. My wife has been real encouraging and the doctor scared me a little (more than a little) because my blood pressure is way to high. This time I want to do it and do it for good. So, I started back in beginning of November, at about 280 pounds - got to about 268/269 and slipped off the program after Thanksgiving. Re-started in mid-December(already back up at 274), and now, my weigh in is 263. I'm into a 5-day a week workout pattern (mostly 30 minutes on the treadmill), but I hope to get out on the bicycle in the spring. I definitely feelbetter when I've gotten my exercise in - I'm making it a priority. I'm tracking (very regularly) on my Palm Device - using wwcalc and its' POINT calculator. I've also downloaded some exercise log software and the onlinecopies of the food journals- so everything's in the Palm. Unfortunately, WW seems tobe hasseling the folks who have provided these tools over trademark infrigements and the like, so I fear updates and new tools will not be forthcoming. These tools help me immensely. Anyway, look forward to joining the discussions. Best, Mitch 280/263/180 (all-time high - 300) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Welcome to the group. Congrats for deciding to refocus on your life/health and for sticking with the WW program. You have had obvious success in the past. 240.5/193/170 OP since July 10th 2002 Mitch Javeline wrote: > > > I've had success on WW before. I lost about 90 pounds on WW in 1992 > ( I was dating the wonderful girl I was to marry at the time - and she > was real encouraging) --- and I lost 75 pounds or so in 2000. Each time, > though, I got content,abandoned the program and put much of the weight > back on ... so, I'm back. Well, sort of ... I decided to follow the WW > program on > my own for a while. Once I have some success, I might feel better about > going back to the meetings. My wife has been real encouraging and the > doctor scared me a little (more than a little) because my blood pressure > is way to high. This time I want to do it and do it for good. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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