Re: Digest Number 1986

[Guest guest]

Hi - I don't know the answer to your question re: the FM. What the

neckloop does is picks up the signal from whatever it's plugged into - it then

transmits the signal from the loop to the hearing aid via the telecoil setting.

It's actually a big loop that has a slider that snugs the loop up - my boys

often wear it draped behind their head and over their ears because they get a

better signal.

Barbara

wrote--

Hi, Barbara,

Do you need the neckloop if you have an FM? Or does the neckloop do

something else?

Now that Ben is getting older, I'd like to make it easier for him to talk on

the phone (when his dad is traveling). So far, he hasn't said he can't hear

the computer or the TV, but he has a pretty severe loss, so I'd be surprised

if he CAN hear it.

Thanks,

Stefanie

[Guest guest]

<<On 1/1/04 6:59 AM, " Listen-Up " <Listen-Up >

wrote:

Hi a - my boys like to listen to music on the radio but don't generally

know the words (which is maybe not all bad!).

Re: the TV - we use captioning and have for a number of years. Both boys

are extremely good readers so I think it's good to have the captions on

early on so your child can associate words with what's being spoken. I

don't know if she/he will read earlier or better but it can't hurt!>>

My 16 year old son loves listening to music and will download the lyrics off

the internet-once he knows them, can follow along with no problem. . .and,

yes, I agree, it's not all bad not to know them!

We have used captioning since was 1 1/2--he was a VERY early

reading, starting before he was 3 and by 4 was reading the captions to the

cartoons/kids movies he watched. I wouldn't attribute it all to the cc, but

it certainly helps to have that exposure. My daughter (hearing) was 4 1/2

when we started the captioning and she was also a very strong early reader

(but not at 3!) I would encourage for all children, deaf and hearing.

Joan Starn