Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 My daughter is 5yrs 8 months old and has profound hearing loss. Her left ear is better then right ear, which she uses for most of listening. From her right ear she doesn't responds to ling sounds and she may not be using this ear for listening. She is a great lip reader and has good language and doe's most of the things by speech reading. In fact, we tried a lot to develop her listening. I feel, she didn't have potential to develop listening with left ear, which again has a profound loss. When the set size is small say 5, she responds by listening. Her open set score may be very small. By left ear she respond to ling sounds except Sh and s. Sometimes she responds to loud Sh. I am planing to go for nucleus 24 straight electrode cochlear implant. Which ear should she go for implant? She will undergo MRI next week. Will she be able to develop listening skills at this age? It is said that this surgery should be done at early age. How good is the candidate, if she has good language? Can she use digital hearing aid in other ear?. Most of the children with implant doesn't use hearing aid in other ear. Any sharing of knowledge will be appreciated. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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