Guest guest Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 Louise, Thank you for the link I will check it out. It's hard when a child or adult first get an implant if they never have spoken before because it is natural if they can't hear the sound to just move their mouth and think they are talking like you. And of course when they hear for the first time they aren t suddenly going to know what they are hearing it is just sound. It usually takes intense therapy to help them to realize what they are hearing. It's the same with a blind person who has the surgery to get their sight back, if they have never had sight it is like being a baby all over again. It is really tough on everyone around but such a wonderful thing too I would think I had a friend with a child who was deaf and was implanted at around 3 years old by which time he was a fluent signer. For a few months he would take his implant off and put in his pocket because it was different and kind of scary for such a little guy. Then when he got used to it he loved it. The funny thing was by the time he was 4 he would pretend he couldn't hear even when he had it on. He still signs sometimes and his parents sign to him, mostly because you can't wear the implant in the water so when he doesn t have it on they still want to be able to communicate to him, but he is a very good speeker at 6 years old now. It just takes a while of intense therapy to get to that point. It is nice to know you understand. It is so hard when most audiologists out there don't consider that central hearing loss is an actual loss, because it isn't a loss of sensitivity in most cases it is a loss of acuity. In many cases and we believe in 's as well his brain doesn't even respond to it. He responds better to environmental sounds than to speech which he rarely responds to ever. We have tried clapping to get his attention or knocking on something but he doesn't look, but yet when someone knocks on the door occasionally he will go to it and knock, so go figure. People just don't understand the whole he can hear but doesn't understand it thing and it is so old to try to explain it to strangers passing by. It's hard to explain I m sure that just because your child can hear with the implant she is still deaf. doesn't even look at them when they talk to him though and they still look at me like they are waiting for him to say something. I met a friend I hadn't seen for almost a year today and she asked " So can hear now? " It is so frustrating I know I have gone over this so many times but I told her again that he can hear the sound he just doesn't understand what he is hearing. She was confused because as far as brain development goes he is slightly delayed but he has severe language delay 4-5 standard deviations below the mean. In cognative development he is 2 standard deviations below the mean, but we think that is because we can't tell him to do anything or teach him if there is no language comprehension. But we are finally getting some sign language comprehension and I think this will make all the difference. I am going to check out that website, I found another that I liked but there is really little info out there about central hearing loss and most states don't acknowladge that as a type of loss. Ours states that a hearing loss is a loss of hearing acuity which he has, but the schools want to fight it and we don't have the money to higher a lawyer to get them to change their ideas. Right now they are providing him with a class that uses total communication which is the type we have chosen for . I'm happy with that, and I think he will do really good in the structured environment of the class. I am so excited for him to start. Finally someone else can worry about his difficulties for a few hours...hehe. We are going to work really closely with the teacher on what signs she is working on and telling her which ones we are introducing so we can just bombard him with it. He is just ready for that. After his last surgery is just just ripe to learn it is so cool. -- Intro Hi, My name is Louise, my 8 year old daugther , was born with a profound hearing loss. She was implanted 4 years ago with the Clarion S-Series Cochlear implant. She had never heard a sound in her life before her hook-up day in 1999. It changed our lives and we are so grateful. Before the CI we used sign language. She did not use her voice much and would imitate us talking by opening her mouth but no sound would come out. After the hook-up it took some time for her to react to sound but the audiologist told us that she was hearing and gradually she began repeating sounds and now she is in an oral school. She still needs to work on her pronounciation but she is improving every day. I sure can relate. After my daugther was implanted and that she started to be vocal she wanted to talk so badly that she would answer people vocally but what she was saying had no meaning it sounded like Bla bla bla bla bla and people would look at me and say " what " . It was hard to say she was deaf because she heard the person talk and I had to explain that she was hearing with her implant but did not understand what she was hearing. If I understand correctly your son does have a hearing loss. It is a rare kind. There are four kinds of hearing losses. The most common is sensorineural but there is also conductive, mixed and central hearing loss which would be the same kind as your son, again if I understood correctly. Here is a link to a site that explains all four categories, for those who are interested. http://www.islandhearing.com/nofr_hearing_loss.htm Take care, Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 In a message dated 11/1/2003 9:50:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, vetvikl@... writes: > After my daugther was implanted and that > she started to be vocal she wanted to talk so badly that she would > answer people vocally but what she was saying had no meaning it > sounded like Bla bla bla bla bla and people would look at me and > say " what " . It was hard to say she was deaf because she heard the > person talk and I had to explain that she was hearing with her > implant but did not understand what she was hearing. > My son also uses a CI, however in my explanations to people in public I still say, " is deaf. He uses a cochlear implant to help him hear. " , Mom to , 3yrs, CI 7/30/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Welcome, RJ! " Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs need to relax and get used to the idea. " - A. Heinlein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Hi All, My name is Amy and I am from MA. I am very serious about losing weight. I got on the scale last night and weighed in at 171. That is extremely high for me. Granted I was fully clothed with a swatshirt and sneakers, but even still that would leave me at 166. I have never weighed more than 164. I am healthy at about 125-130. I was there about 5 years ago after doind weight watchers. What I love about WW is that I can eat anything I want in moderation. For me this works. I have tried the low card thing, the blood type thing, the zone, etc. For mee eating normal, but being reasonable in my portions is what works. My problenm is that I for get that I can't go back to my old ways of eating. I start off great then fall back into my old habits. I am going to weigh myself tonight the way I normally do,, then continue to do it like that from now on. I need to drink more water as I think I may drink about 3 glasses a day and suplement that with diet soda and coffee. My goal is to drink at least 8 glasses a day or water. I love cream in my coffee. Does anyone have any good substitiutes that will taste similiar with out the extra points or calories. Thanks for letting me be a part of this group. I also need to get motivated to exercise. Amy Wakefield, MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Welcome to the group Steph. I'm not following any plan right now. I am waiting on my weight watchers at home. Its on back order for 2 weeks. I have been excercising at Curves for the last 2 months 3 times a week 30 minutes at a time. Anita Intro Hi everyone )). Just wanted to say "hi" to everybody. Thanks for having me. I am Steph, 30, mom to Keziah, 2 and married to Ken, 37. We live in Germany, but Ken is Irish, so I hope that we one day move "home". That would be great. I am currently 107 kg (guess that equals 235 lbs). Last year around this time I was 114 kg (250 lbs). Anyway I want to lose more weight. 90 kg or 200 lbs would be great! I follow a programme described in a book called "Only fat people don't eat breakfast" - it basically includes eating loads of fruit and veggies and exercise. What programmes do you follow? This week I haven't been doing so great. I was invited to a party on Satuday and ate too much there. Plus I have a bladder infection with light fever (been to the doc yesterday and I am on antibiotics, so I don't feel like exercising!). Love Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Welcome to the group Steph. I'm not following any plan right now. I am waiting on my weight watchers at home. Its on back order for 2 weeks. I have been excercising at Curves for the last 2 months 3 times a week 30 minutes at a time. Anita Intro Hi everyone )). Just wanted to say "hi" to everybody. Thanks for having me. I am Steph, 30, mom to Keziah, 2 and married to Ken, 37. We live in Germany, but Ken is Irish, so I hope that we one day move "home". That would be great. I am currently 107 kg (guess that equals 235 lbs). Last year around this time I was 114 kg (250 lbs). Anyway I want to lose more weight. 90 kg or 200 lbs would be great! I follow a programme described in a book called "Only fat people don't eat breakfast" - it basically includes eating loads of fruit and veggies and exercise. What programmes do you follow? This week I haven't been doing so great. I was invited to a party on Satuday and ate too much there. Plus I have a bladder infection with light fever (been to the doc yesterday and I am on antibiotics, so I don't feel like exercising!). Love Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Welcome to the group Steph. I'm not following any plan right now. I am waiting on my weight watchers at home. Its on back order for 2 weeks. I have been excercising at Curves for the last 2 months 3 times a week 30 minutes at a time. Anita Intro Hi everyone )). Just wanted to say "hi" to everybody. Thanks for having me. I am Steph, 30, mom to Keziah, 2 and married to Ken, 37. We live in Germany, but Ken is Irish, so I hope that we one day move "home". That would be great. I am currently 107 kg (guess that equals 235 lbs). Last year around this time I was 114 kg (250 lbs). Anyway I want to lose more weight. 90 kg or 200 lbs would be great! I follow a programme described in a book called "Only fat people don't eat breakfast" - it basically includes eating loads of fruit and veggies and exercise. What programmes do you follow? This week I haven't been doing so great. I was invited to a party on Satuday and ate too much there. Plus I have a bladder infection with light fever (been to the doc yesterday and I am on antibiotics, so I don't feel like exercising!). Love Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Anita, I just noticed that you mentioned ordring the WW @ Home kit...how exciting! When did you order it? Sure hope you love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Anita, I just noticed that you mentioned ordring the WW @ Home kit...how exciting! When did you order it? Sure hope you love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Anita, I just noticed that you mentioned ordring the WW @ Home kit...how exciting! When did you order it? Sure hope you love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Coco I ordered it about a week ago. But it is on back order for about 2 weeks. Anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Coco I ordered it about a week ago. But it is on back order for about 2 weeks. Anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Anita, Hopefully you will get your WW @ Home kit soon. You will love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Anita, Hopefully you will get your WW @ Home kit soon. You will love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Coco They told me to call back after a week and check on it so I called yesterday and they were shipping some. Mine hadn't been shipped yet,but could have gone out yesterday. She told me to call back Monday for a more accurate answer. Anita Re: Intro Anita, Hopefully you will get your WW @ Home kit soon. You will love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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