Guest guest Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 In a message dated 5/2/2005 1:47:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Barbara.T.Mellert@... writes: My boys are 12 (nearly 13) and 10 and no one has ever teased them or been negative to them about their hearing aids. In so many ways, I think Tom and Sam can take credit for that - it's not a big deal for them. I have to chime in here and agree with Barbara. Ian has never been teased about his aids. Kids think they are cool, and when he first got them, several kids kept insisting that he was wearing a radio so he could listen to music in class. He took them out of his ear, washed off the mold and let them try on his aids. The boys thought this was very cool. After he had his surgery, he couldn't wear that aid for a while. The kids in school thought it was really REALLY cool that the doctors had " cut off his ear " and sewed it back on. Not quite right ... the incision was behind the ear and it was flopped over so they could get at things. But no amount of explaining could get them to change their minds.The fact that the ear never actually came off didn't matter. For 4th grade boys, those stitches were a badge of honor and made his hearing loss a really cool thing. And I was worrying about him being teased. Who knew! Our daughter actually had HA envy on a regular basis. When she was younger she made aids from those famed wickie sticks (those things are fun to play with!), from pipe cleaners, from construction paper ... hers were always far more colorful and girlie than Ian's bright blue ones and never went into the ear canal. They just hung over her ears and were actually ALOT bigger than the real thing. I think she was trying to out do him. (grin) I'd just let her wear them for a few hours before we tossed them in the garbage. Now, years later, I wish I'd saved a couple. They were really cute. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 In a message dated 5/2/2005 1:47:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Barbara.T.Mellert@... writes: My boys are 12 (nearly 13) and 10 and no one has ever teased them or been negative to them about their hearing aids. In so many ways, I think Tom and Sam can take credit for that - it's not a big deal for them. I have to chime in here and agree with Barbara. Ian has never been teased about his aids. Kids think they are cool, and when he first got them, several kids kept insisting that he was wearing a radio so he could listen to music in class. He took them out of his ear, washed off the mold and let them try on his aids. The boys thought this was very cool. After he had his surgery, he couldn't wear that aid for a while. The kids in school thought it was really REALLY cool that the doctors had " cut off his ear " and sewed it back on. Not quite right ... the incision was behind the ear and it was flopped over so they could get at things. But no amount of explaining could get them to change their minds.The fact that the ear never actually came off didn't matter. For 4th grade boys, those stitches were a badge of honor and made his hearing loss a really cool thing. And I was worrying about him being teased. Who knew! Our daughter actually had HA envy on a regular basis. When she was younger she made aids from those famed wickie sticks (those things are fun to play with!), from pipe cleaners, from construction paper ... hers were always far more colorful and girlie than Ian's bright blue ones and never went into the ear canal. They just hung over her ears and were actually ALOT bigger than the real thing. I think she was trying to out do him. (grin) I'd just let her wear them for a few hours before we tossed them in the garbage. Now, years later, I wish I'd saved a couple. They were really cute. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 --- You wrote: Reading about 's story made me laugh. Hadley is the envy of the girls (and most of the boys) in her preschool class with her glitter earmolds. They all think she's quite glamorous! --- end of quote --- You know, if I had hearing aids, I'd want glitter earmolds! They sound great! I wondered if one of my boys would try to make earmolds with playdough but fortunately they didn't... Barbara ****************************** Barbara Mellert Manager, Social Science Computing Kiewit Computing Services Dartmouth College Hanover NH 03755 Tel: 603/646-2877 URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ssc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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