Guest guest Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Hi and Tammy, Our daughter was one of those who DID progress with hearing aids, and did amazgingly well, better than her audiograms indicated she should. But when we got her implant we realized how MUCH she really had been missing. I think one of the reasons the any of us don't like to make decisions is because it's hard to decide something this huge. For us, the implant improved her aided hearing dramatically. She had simply been using every decibel and doing well with it. At first they said, if there is any benefit don't do the implant. We found out that, in her case, she needed the implant years earlier. Just our expereince, K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Thanks to you and for the other members who have shared their thoughts and experiences on this topic. I, for one, am still struggling with the decision of whether to go through with a CI (if the docs say we can when we see them in June). Our son, TC, is 6 and is doing great in school with two digital HA's and a Microlink. But like several others in the group, his hearing has been dropping dramatically, and he's now in the severe/profound range (as much as 85 dBs in some areas). We can see him struggle to understand and hear. He does well, too, but he's exhausted when he gets home from kindergarten every afternoon. More so than he used to before the most recent drops. Can some of you tell me a bit about how your first meeting went when you visited the cochlear team? They sent us some information, but nothing that gives us an idea of what to expect that first day. We're going to the University of Michigan. Thanks again, Gisgie > Hi and Tammy, > Our daughter was one of those who DID progress with hearing aids, and did > amazgingly well, better than her audiograms indicated she should. But when > we got her implant we realized how MUCH she really had been missing. > > I think one of the reasons the any of us don't like to make decisions is > because it's hard to decide something this huge. For us, the implant > improved her aided hearing dramatically. She had simply been using every > decibel and doing well with it. At first they said, if there is any benefit > don't do the implant. We found out that, in her case, she needed the implant > years earlier. > Just our expereince, > K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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