Location shout out!

[Guest guest]

Louisville, KY now formerly Chesterfield, VA

Mom to ,14 and , 11 both normal hearing and ,8 profound

loss with MedEl CI

Tamala S. Woodburn

Creative Memories Consultant

www.creativememories.com/TammyWoodburn

Re: Location shout out!

Manassas, VA

, mom to Lillian 4, hearing, and

n 18 months, moderate/moderately severe HOH

[Guest guest]

Ventura, CA

Joan Starn

[Guest guest]

Bet I'd know it!

We live in Hanover New Hampshire which is on the Vermont/NH border. Tom

is 13.999 and just finished 7th grade; Sam is 11 and just finished 5th.

I have two middle schoolers now!

JillcWood@... wrote:

> New York ... about 60 miles north of NYC, in a town no one will know, near

> the Newburgh-Beacon bridge and Interstate 84.

>

> Ian is 15 and just finished his sophomore year in our local high school.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Concord, MA

>

> Stefanie, mom to Ben, 7, severe HOH, with Phonak Savias, just finished first

> grade (!), and Isabella, 11, mild loss, headed to middle school!

[Guest guest]

Just outside Omaha, NE. (Although I'm originally from CT and lived in MD

while in high school.)

Kris

Mom to (8 next Monday, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6

yrs, hearing)

[Guest guest]

New Orleans area.

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[Guest guest]

Hi! I'm from Rochester, MN.

Mom to (4-1/2) Mild/Moderate Hearing Loss

>

> Just was wondering where everyone was from.

> I'm from Valparaiso, Indiana

> Diane

> Mom to - 10 years old - HI

>

[Guest guest]

Indianapolis, IN

Amy, mom to 3 1/2 (hearing) and Lucy 14 months (mild/moderate

hearing loss)

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[Guest guest]

I am mostly a lurker- but am from Central Illinois. My youngest,

Ellyssa,age 8, has moderate bilateral loss and wears aids. She attends the

local parochial school, we pay for additional speak/langugae therapy 2x

week outside of school, and she does pretty dog-on well! The other three

kids are hearing with excellent selective listening skills! is 18 and

leaves for college in just 7 weeks..... is 14 and can hear but doesn't

listen (her attitude gets in the way!) and Mac is 10 and can only hear

sports events or sports stats- never instructions on cleaning his room or

taking out the garbage!

Yes, the older three complain about their HOH sister and sometimes get

very, very frustrated by issues hearing loss brings. I am not sure, though,

if it is different than OTHER frustrations they have about her as the

" littlest " in the family and I figure it would always be something. My

oldest did grieve when her baby sister was diagnosed. Lyssa was diagnosed

at age 5 after many years of struggling and language problems. lost a

dearly loved vocal teacher who died in childbirth, a friend was killed in a

tragic teen driving accident and Lyssa was diagnosed all in the same week.

was VERY angry at God and it has taken a long time for her to work

things out. was very overprotective for a while, and Mac has ALWAYS

been his baby sister's interpreter and protector. Now, however, hearing

loss is just part of life- sometimes Lyssa does really silly things or

misinterprets in really funny ways when she doesn't have her ears in, we

joke about the neighbors listening to the TV unless Lyssa puts her ears in,

etc......and its okay. The 4 kids are always fighting over something- but

God forbid an " outsider " say something about any of them- the claws come

out and they will defend one another to the death! Guess that's pretty normal!

BTW- Lyssa leaves for Lion's Camp today......she's excited and I am sad. It

will be awfully quiet around here with one missing. HOW am I going to

handle one going off for college?

Valeri Farmer-Dougan, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience

Departments of Psychology and Biological Sciences

Department of Psychology 4620

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois 61790-4620

(309)438- 7420

http://lilt.ilstu.edu/vfdouga

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Perhaps a " Human " Teaching Philosophy:

" Horse and trainer establish a bond of communication and trust.

You must somehow understand that we as horsemen can do very

little to teach the horse. What we can do is to create an environment

in which he can learn. "

-Monty , the " real " horse whisperer

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[Guest guest]

We're in Eastchester, NY, just north of the Bronx.

Bonnie

mom to

Malachi, 3/1/00, hearing (at least when he bothers to pay attention)

Elias, 2/15/02, dx 12/03 High Risk Neuroblastoma, moderate-to-severe SNHL in

both ears

due to ototoxic chemotherapy and antibiotics, wears hearing aids

[Guest guest]

Dale City, Virginia

Sharlene - Mom to Cameron 7 years old, Kyndall (3.5 years old HI)

and (2 years old HI)_

>

> Just was wondering where everyone was from.

> I'm from Valparaiso, Indiana

> Diane

> Mom to - 10 years old - HI

>

> Re: Mainstreaming Deaf Children

>

>

> >

> > In a message dated 6/23/2006 2:25:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> > angierenae2001@... writes:

> >

> > He also loves video games - again a solo activity.

> >

> >

> >

> > Angie,

> >

> > One of Ian's friends -- the one who has been battling cancer for

most of

> his

> > young life, is a video game fanatic. His mom use to arrange for

small

> > playgroups -- 2-3 kids max, and the boys would play video games

for hours.

> (And

> > consume an amazing amount of popcorn)

> >

> > Ian learned to like video games from this friend. AS result,

we bought

> > several 2 player games and Ian would invite a friend over and

they'd sit

> in our

> > living room playing for hours -- and eating our popcorn. I

think some can

> > have even more players and you can somehow daisy-chain more

players into

> the

> > system with a certain jack.

> >

> > For a while, Ian's best friend was a girl and she'd whomp him

every time

> in

> > the now ancient karate game. We even had sleep overs with them

camped out

> in

> > the living room, near the Play Station. Tthis, of course, ended

when they

> were

> > about 9, but they're still friends. After that all sleep-overs

were same

> sex

> > affairs.

> >

> > So, have him invite a friend over for an afternoon of video

games. He'll

> > build those friendships one child at a time. Base the activities

on things

> he

> > likes with friends who like the same things. He may not end up

in the jock

> > clique, he may end up in the art one. Either way, he'll make

friends. (One

> of

> > Ian's best friends is a good artist and is now talking about

going to art

> > school.)

> >

> > Best -- Jill

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Mount Gilead, NC - middle of the state... Our son is 3 and has

Auditory Neuropathy. He got an AB HiRes90K in November and is doing

wonderfully.

Trina

[Guest guest]

Ashland, Montana (150 miles east/southeast of Billings)

Jan

Mom of ...who just went yesterday to the Deaf Camp in Great Falls for a

week (her first time!)

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From: Listen-Up [mailto:Listen-Up ] On Behalf

Of mandy@...

Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 12:49 PM

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Re: Location shout out!

Norman, OK

[Guest guest]

Ashland, Montana (150 miles east/southeast of Billings)

Jan

Mom of ...who just went yesterday to the Deaf Camp in Great Falls for a

week (her first time!)

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From: Listen-Up [mailto:Listen-Up ] On Behalf

Of mandy@...

Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 12:49 PM

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Re: Location shout out!

Norman, OK

[Guest guest]

Ashland, Montana (150 miles east/southeast of Billings)

Jan

Mom of ...who just went yesterday to the Deaf Camp in Great Falls for a

week (her first time!)

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From: Listen-Up [mailto:Listen-Up ] On Behalf

Of mandy@...

Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 12:49 PM

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Re: Location shout out!

Norman, OK

[Guest guest]

Thetford, VT.

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Thetford, VT.

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Thetford, VT.

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[Guest guest]

St. Louis Park, Minnesota. A suburb of Minneapolis.

mom to , 7 & , 5 SNHL

[Guest guest]

St. Louis Park, Minnesota. A suburb of Minneapolis.

mom to , 7 & , 5 SNHL

[Guest guest]

Plainview, NY

Lynn

4 yr old hearing

20 month old SNHL

[Guest guest]

Sorry to be slow, we just drove back from AG Bell (11 hours - ugh! We did stop

for meals though)

Terri , Mom to Kathy, 11, bilateral CI

Natick, MA

(Mile 10 on the Boston Marathon)

We started this journey in San Diego CA - Kathy had 2 high power hearing aids

then moved just north of Austin TX - Kathy got her first CI at 7 1/2

Now almost 4 years in Natick MA - Kathy got her second CI at 11 (almost 12 now)

It has been interesting to see how different states deal with DHH. Every place

has had advantages and disadvantages.