Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Hi - welcome to the list! and I met over a skiing accident (Tom's). She was x-raying Tommy's leg and doing such a great job talking with him so he could understand - then she told me she has a child with hearing loss! What others have said is true - hearing aids amplify everything. Do you have a listening stethoscope (you maybe got it when you received jacob's hearing aids?). Use that in a noisy setting - put the hearing aid in one end of the stethoscope - you'll be amazed at all the noise the aids pick up! That in itself would be too much stimulation! That's why it's essential that any kid with hearing aids have an FM system. 's only 4 too.... I remember taking Sam, our younger son, to Montshire museum (it's a children's science museum in Norwich VT) just after he got his hearing aids. He was overwhelmed - just stood there and looked around! (stupid of me - I know - to have done that - we all learn!). It was way too much noise after never hearing. Tom - as I believe you know - also has ADHD so it can exist side by side with hearing loss. But I think it's important to make sure is properly amplified and has an FM system in school and then take it from there. Welcome - I'm so glad you're here! Barbara --- You wrote: We just had their preschool graduation the other night and it was in a large gym with a very poor microphone for the speaker. We all had a hard time understanding her. My son was also placed six students away from the speaker in the same row so he had no chance of hearing her or seeing her speaking. This was poor planning for the only hearing impaired child in the class. But my question is with 's behaivor. He was off the wall! He seemed so distracted and climbing all over his chair. I went to him several times to tell him to sit still or to let him know what was going on. I spoke right into his hearing aid but his eyes were looking all over and I didn't know if all the sounds around him were overwhelming to him. I was thinking about this after and it seems that whenever we are in large group settings this happens to him. He seems so overstimulated and can't sit still. I am just wondering if this happens to anyone else or if I should be looking to see if h! --- end of quote --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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