Guest guest Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 My son has a mild to mod hearing loss in his left ear. He has a mild hearing loss in the low frequencies and a mod hearing loss in the high frequencies.... His left hear would be a mod. in Low frequencies and severe in high frequencies. I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 * 1-How old was your son/daughter when their loss was diagnosed and how old are they now? Five weeks old 2-How was the loss diagnosed? Birth? School hearing test? etc.. ABR while still in NICU, then subsequent hearing exams every few months (now age almost seven) and an additional ABR at age four. CT Scan at age four showed unilateral right ear LVAS (Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome). 3-Do you see a big difference when your child has their aids in? A little bit, but his right ear has severe loss, while the left ear is mild, but the right ear also has major auditory processing issues, so no matter how much you turn up the aide, he is still not able to process the sound, and it just frustrates his autistic behaviors, so he only wears his left aide to compensate for both ears loss. At school, when his teacher and parapro can get him to keep his left aide in, the boot amp system really helps. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 In a message dated 4/29/2005 3:59:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, eric_pyle@... writes: She claims " I can hear just fine without them in school " , although she is generally required to wear them (now with FM when appropriate). I'm not sure what to make of this claim--is is because they are not pleasant to wear and she can manage without them occasionally? Is she the only kid in class with aids? Girls can be very mean. With our daughter the mean-girl stuff began in 2nd grade. And I don't mean little kid playground politics. I mean girls getting together and picking on one girl, spreading rumors (stupid stuff, really) and ostracizing each whoever is their victim that week. It amazed me how cruel and arbitrary they could be. We never had anything like this with our son -- the one with the hearing loss. It was our " normal " daughter who had these experiences. After talking to other parents, I realized that boys just don't do this stupid stuff. They think it's a waste of time. The bravado for them kicks in later, around junior high when the hormones get active. But even then they don't get anywhere near as mean as the girls. So, my guess is, if she's the only kid in class with aids, she may have noticed it makes her different. That doesn't mean anyone has given her grief, only that the urge to fit it is beginning at about that age. Appearances start to be important to the girls, clothes, hair, shoes ... you name it, they notice it what the other girls are wearing. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Alison: My daughter was diagnosed at birth, and she's now eight. She has mild hearing loss in one ear and moderate in the other. It was complicated by her having chronic middle ear fluid ever since birth. When she had her first ear tubes at about 1.5 years, her speech picked up dramatically. But it wasn't until after that that it was clear she had a hearing loss not caused by the fluid. We did not get hearing aids until she was six, when her audiologist and teachers recommended it. It did not seem to cause problems for her learning before then, because she is a naturally good reader, and picked up a lot from reading and being read to. I did make an effort to speak fairly close to her ear when reading, knowing of the hearing loss/ear fluid issues. When she uses her aids, she does not turn the TV up really loud as she does sometimes without them. Also, without them she sometimes asks " what? " when I talk to her, more than she would with them. And she can hear softer sounds, such as the school bus approaching in the distance. But often we can converse pretty normally. She claims " I can hear just fine without them in school " , although she is generally required to wear them (now with FM when appropriate). I'm not sure what to make of this claim--is is because they are not pleasant to wear and she can manage without them occasionally? Our audiologist has urged us to have her wear her aids as much as possible to (paraphrasing) " keep her ears from getting lazy " . But I have trouble insisting on it at times when she seems to get along OK. - --- Alison DelGaudio wrote: > Out of personal curiosity, could the parents of kids > with mild/moderate loss answer a few questions for > me? > > > 1-How old was your son/daughter when their loss was > diagnosed and how old are they now? > > 2-How was the loss diagnosed? Birth? School > hearing > test? etc.. > > 3-Do you see a big difference when your child has > their aids in? > > I will answer first - Lucy was diagnosed at birth > and > she just turned one! And I don't see a difference > when > she has her aids in probably cause she is still very > young. Thanks in advance!! > > Alison > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 My daughter was diagnosed at 5 years old. While in kindergarden she had problems with phonics and letters. So when I decided to do a basic test for hearing and seeing. To our shock she failed both. She is now ten years old and in 4th grade. She was retained in 1st because she was a year behind by the time we found out about her loss and got her aids. As for seeing the difference, she most definitely rely on the aids for school to make sure words are not missed and this way she does not have to focus on lip reading. At home there are times she does not use them just like her glasses but when she is out riding her bike or shopping she runs to get them. Her aids are like gold and she always makes sure they are safe and no one touches them. One time her dad drop them in the coffee and til this day she has never let him forget it. I think at home she is secure in knowing if she does not understand something she can say what with confidence and would repeat it louder and slower. So I think as they get older they start to understand the importance of wearing their aids and the clarity it brings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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