caitlyn not signing

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> > Eva is now signing " daddy " " mommy " and " more " she just started

> more

> > last night. I had her on her excersice ball and was bouncing

her

> up

> > and down and then I would stop and she did it she signed more.

> SOOOO

> > of course I did it some more. I stopped again and she signed it

> again.

> > Then when she was eatting her dinner she signed more again. I

> couldn't

> > get the food in fast enough for her, even when it was gone she

> wanted

> > more. I am so proud of her, I even tried calling her speech

> therapist

> > to tell her but she didnt answer. Oh well she will find out

when

> she

> > comes back in 2 weeks. I am also working on baby because she

has

> this

> > baby doll she loves and I sign baby and ask her if she wants it

> and

> > then show her the baby. She reaches for it but she is not

> signing it

> > yet but I am sure it will come sooner or later.

> > What a great gift she has given me for Christmas!!!

> >

> > Crystal mom to (10), (3), and Eva (20 month old

> CHARGEr)

> > wife to Dan in Illinois

> >

> > Amy McKinley

> > Mom to MIGHTY MAX -- cHArGE, 15 months old (13 months corrected)

> > maxupdate.blogspot.com

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> >

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Rita,

It took us a long time to figure out Evan's true level of hearing--in fact, we

still don't have a great baseline, and he's 17 1/2 months old now! Part of the

reason it took so long was that he had many different issues, most of which had

the potential to be more life-threatening or life-altering than hearing

loss...so the hearing testing was placed on the back burner for awhile.

Evan failed 2 hearing screenings, and then failed a BAER while he was an

inpatient all before he was 4 months old. Because his ears were so small and

the left canal was mis-shapen, the validity of the results was questioned (it

showed severe loss bilaterally, with possible improvement by bone conduction).

At 6 months he failed another BAER as an outpatient--this time he wouldn't stay

asleep. Because he also had frequent ear infections and pretty much constant

fluid in his ears, his ENT put tubes in his ears and they repeated the BAER

under general anesthetic after the placement of the tubes to get a good

" baseline. " This didn't take place until Evan was 11 months (it was initially

scheduled at 8 months, but we had to cancel because of a respiratory infection).

This BAER showed severe to profound loss in the right ear and profound loss in

the left ear. We finally got his first pair of hearing aides just before his

first birthday. He has been tested behaviorally

once on the left side with the hearing aide, and he had improved with

amplification to moderate loss (the right ear had an infection, so we couldn't

test it!). His ENT would like to get another BAER under anesthetic with and w/o

hearing aides, to see what he can hear now that the tubes have been in for

awhile and his ears are completely free of fluid.

So it takes a while to determine what the level of hearing is in a baby. We

were always advised to treat Evan as if he could hear, talking and interacting

with him, using lots of gestures and facial expression. It's never too early

(or too late) to start signing either, and even if Caitlyn's hearing turns out

to be OK it's not like it would be time wasted. Lots of parents of hearing

children teach their kids sign.

(mom to Evan, 17.5 months)

hi do i read wright that a 13 month old charge baBY CAN SIGN MAMMY

DADDY I HAVE A1 YEAR OLD GRAND DAUGHTER WHO has not even had a

hearing sorted yet they not sure if she can hear or not never mind

sign lang tell me more please rita gran of caitlyn 1 year old charge

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