residual hearing -

[Guest guest]

Hi . You mentioned the difficulty you have in making that CI decision with

your daughter who gets some benefit with her aids. I think what you need to ask

yourself is what primarily is the most difficult part of the decision? What

specifically is your concern with the CI? And then address that concern. There

is no question in my mind that the CI makes listening easier. As for my son, I

could always wonder what if... what would have been... but why? He is doing

wonderfully. I couldn't ask for anything more. I could have never imagined

where we would be today when we got that initial diagnosis of his

severe/profound hearing loss. I am very pleased with how he has developed and

so proud of him!

Let us know what your concerns are with the CI and maybe we can help with some

insight. One of the big concerns with us was the actual surgery and the other

thing was just being apprehensive about the unknown, not knowing what to expect

and the outcome. I was nervous about taking away the sound he was familiar with

and starting from the beginning again. It all worked out. Keep in mind that at

the time he was only 20 months old and we still were unsure of what benefit the

hearing aids were giving him but he was definately delayed in speech and

language having no words or approximations.

Kearns