Re: More HA Questions from the HA Newbie...

[Guest guest]

Hi there - the Dry and Store plugs into the wall - so it runs on

electrical power. Isn't it nice to NOT have to think about buying

batteries for once?! Although we go through desiccant blocks

every two weeks or so in the summer...

Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

Barbara

EskiLvr wrote:

> Hello!

>

>

>

> I feel like Santa - making my list of questions for the audiologist and

> checking it twice.

>

>

>

> Has anyone here used any of the equipment from " Gear for Ears " website? I

> stumbled onto it and our audiologist is going to check it out tonight to see

> if she thinks it would work with the TransEar - but I thought I'd

>

> see if anyone had any experience with their products.

>

>

>

> Also - 's TransEar apparently was shipped with a Dry & Store - whoo

> hoo! At the risk of sounding completely incompetent, does the Dry & Store

> run on batteries, or on electrical power?

>

>

>

> And last, but not least, school starts for us on August 14th - ack! I've

> managed to get an " in-service " set up with 's principal, his teacher,

> whomever will be covering the health room (we don't have a true nurse on

> duty 5 days a week), and his music and gym teachers since the two of them

> are new to the school this year. The topics are going to be TransEar care

> and how to deal with 's loss in general. (The music teacher, for

> example, needs to know to not have sit right next to a bunch of loud

> instruments, or he'll be completely spaced out for the rest of the morning.)

> Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

> Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

> (such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

> am I missing anything?

>

>

>

> Oy. If I didn't have a picnic that I'm organizing for our Montessori PTO

> happening this Thursday night, I'd be a stressed out mess over all of this.

> And did I mention that is still insisting that he *doesn't* need a

> hearing aid? We finally bribed him into going along with everything without

> (too much) whining by promising that he could invite friends over for a

> sleepover if he'd just give this a chance.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hugs to all,

>

>

>

> Kris

>

> Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there - the Dry and Store plugs into the wall - so it runs on

electrical power. Isn't it nice to NOT have to think about buying

batteries for once?! Although we go through desiccant blocks

every two weeks or so in the summer...

Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

Barbara

EskiLvr wrote:

> Hello!

>

>

>

> I feel like Santa - making my list of questions for the audiologist and

> checking it twice.

>

>

>

> Has anyone here used any of the equipment from " Gear for Ears " website? I

> stumbled onto it and our audiologist is going to check it out tonight to see

> if she thinks it would work with the TransEar - but I thought I'd

>

> see if anyone had any experience with their products.

>

>

>

> Also - 's TransEar apparently was shipped with a Dry & Store - whoo

> hoo! At the risk of sounding completely incompetent, does the Dry & Store

> run on batteries, or on electrical power?

>

>

>

> And last, but not least, school starts for us on August 14th - ack! I've

> managed to get an " in-service " set up with 's principal, his teacher,

> whomever will be covering the health room (we don't have a true nurse on

> duty 5 days a week), and his music and gym teachers since the two of them

> are new to the school this year. The topics are going to be TransEar care

> and how to deal with 's loss in general. (The music teacher, for

> example, needs to know to not have sit right next to a bunch of loud

> instruments, or he'll be completely spaced out for the rest of the morning.)

> Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

> Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

> (such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

> am I missing anything?

>

>

>

> Oy. If I didn't have a picnic that I'm organizing for our Montessori PTO

> happening this Thursday night, I'd be a stressed out mess over all of this.

> And did I mention that is still insisting that he *doesn't* need a

> hearing aid? We finally bribed him into going along with everything without

> (too much) whining by promising that he could invite friends over for a

> sleepover if he'd just give this a chance.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hugs to all,

>

>

>

> Kris

>

> Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there - the Dry and Store plugs into the wall - so it runs on

electrical power. Isn't it nice to NOT have to think about buying

batteries for once?! Although we go through desiccant blocks

every two weeks or so in the summer...

Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

Barbara

EskiLvr wrote:

> Hello!

>

>

>

> I feel like Santa - making my list of questions for the audiologist and

> checking it twice.

>

>

>

> Has anyone here used any of the equipment from " Gear for Ears " website? I

> stumbled onto it and our audiologist is going to check it out tonight to see

> if she thinks it would work with the TransEar - but I thought I'd

>

> see if anyone had any experience with their products.

>

>

>

> Also - 's TransEar apparently was shipped with a Dry & Store - whoo

> hoo! At the risk of sounding completely incompetent, does the Dry & Store

> run on batteries, or on electrical power?

>

>

>

> And last, but not least, school starts for us on August 14th - ack! I've

> managed to get an " in-service " set up with 's principal, his teacher,

> whomever will be covering the health room (we don't have a true nurse on

> duty 5 days a week), and his music and gym teachers since the two of them

> are new to the school this year. The topics are going to be TransEar care

> and how to deal with 's loss in general. (The music teacher, for

> example, needs to know to not have sit right next to a bunch of loud

> instruments, or he'll be completely spaced out for the rest of the morning.)

> Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

> Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

> (such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

> am I missing anything?

>

>

>

> Oy. If I didn't have a picnic that I'm organizing for our Montessori PTO

> happening this Thursday night, I'd be a stressed out mess over all of this.

> And did I mention that is still insisting that he *doesn't* need a

> hearing aid? We finally bribed him into going along with everything without

> (too much) whining by promising that he could invite friends over for a

> sleepover if he'd just give this a chance.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hugs to all,

>

>

>

> Kris

>

> Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ooo. thanks for the suggestions, Barbara!

Am I correct in assuming that some kind of hearing assessment will be done

with wearing the TransEar during his fitting next week? The biggest

problem we've had in explaining his UHL is that he doesn't really " hit " the

speech banana - he's flat across at 10db in his right ear, and no response

on his left ear (sometimes he responds to 90db tones, but they think it's

his good ear picking up on the tone through the masking).

The TransEar will pick up the sounds from 's " bad " side (his left

side), and cause an oscillator within his ear mold to vibrate accordingly

against his mastoid bone. Those vibrations will then be carried around to

his good inner ear via bone conduction, if all goes according to plan. That

might be hard to replicate - but I could pick up some cheap ear plugs and

have everyone at the table put them in their left ear and then try to do a

simple task while listening to me talk at the same time. Thanks for the

idea!

Kris

_____

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

Of Barbara Mellert

Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:32 PM

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Re: More HA Questions from the HA Newbie...

Hi there - the Dry and Store plugs into the wall - so it runs on

electrical power. Isn't it nice to NOT have to think about buying

batteries for once?! Although we go through desiccant blocks

every two weeks or so in the summer...

Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

Barbara

EskiLvr wrote:

> Hello!

>

>

>

> I feel like Santa - making my list of questions for the audiologist and

> checking it twice.

>

>

>

> Has anyone here used any of the equipment from " Gear for Ears " website? I

> stumbled onto it and our audiologist is going to check it out tonight to

see

> if she thinks it would work with the TransEar - but I thought I'd

>

> see if anyone had any experience with their products.

>

>

>

> Also - 's TransEar apparently was shipped with a Dry & Store - whoo

> hoo! At the risk of sounding completely incompetent, does the Dry & Store

> run on batteries, or on electrical power?

>

>

>

> And last, but not least, school starts for us on August 14th - ack! I've

> managed to get an " in-service " set up with 's principal, his teacher,

> whomever will be covering the health room (we don't have a true nurse on

> duty 5 days a week), and his music and gym teachers since the two of them

> are new to the school this year. The topics are going to be TransEar care

> and how to deal with 's loss in general. (The music teacher, for

> example, needs to know to not have sit right next to a bunch of loud

> instruments, or he'll be completely spaced out for the rest of the

morning.)

> Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

> Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

> (such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

> am I missing anything?

>

>

>

> Oy. If I didn't have a picnic that I'm organizing for our Montessori PTO

> happening this Thursday night, I'd be a stressed out mess over all of

this.

> And did I mention that is still insisting that he *doesn't* need a

> hearing aid? We finally bribed him into going along with everything

without

> (too much) whining by promising that he could invite friends over for a

> sleepover if he'd just give this a chance.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hugs to all,

>

>

>

> Kris

>

> Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ooo. thanks for the suggestions, Barbara!

Am I correct in assuming that some kind of hearing assessment will be done

with wearing the TransEar during his fitting next week? The biggest

problem we've had in explaining his UHL is that he doesn't really " hit " the

speech banana - he's flat across at 10db in his right ear, and no response

on his left ear (sometimes he responds to 90db tones, but they think it's

his good ear picking up on the tone through the masking).

The TransEar will pick up the sounds from 's " bad " side (his left

side), and cause an oscillator within his ear mold to vibrate accordingly

against his mastoid bone. Those vibrations will then be carried around to

his good inner ear via bone conduction, if all goes according to plan. That

might be hard to replicate - but I could pick up some cheap ear plugs and

have everyone at the table put them in their left ear and then try to do a

simple task while listening to me talk at the same time. Thanks for the

idea!

Kris

_____

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

Of Barbara Mellert

Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:32 PM

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Re: More HA Questions from the HA Newbie...

Hi there - the Dry and Store plugs into the wall - so it runs on

electrical power. Isn't it nice to NOT have to think about buying

batteries for once?! Although we go through desiccant blocks

every two weeks or so in the summer...

Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

Barbara

EskiLvr wrote:

> Hello!

>

>

>

> I feel like Santa - making my list of questions for the audiologist and

> checking it twice.

>

>

>

> Has anyone here used any of the equipment from " Gear for Ears " website? I

> stumbled onto it and our audiologist is going to check it out tonight to

see

> if she thinks it would work with the TransEar - but I thought I'd

>

> see if anyone had any experience with their products.

>

>

>

> Also - 's TransEar apparently was shipped with a Dry & Store - whoo

> hoo! At the risk of sounding completely incompetent, does the Dry & Store

> run on batteries, or on electrical power?

>

>

>

> And last, but not least, school starts for us on August 14th - ack! I've

> managed to get an " in-service " set up with 's principal, his teacher,

> whomever will be covering the health room (we don't have a true nurse on

> duty 5 days a week), and his music and gym teachers since the two of them

> are new to the school this year. The topics are going to be TransEar care

> and how to deal with 's loss in general. (The music teacher, for

> example, needs to know to not have sit right next to a bunch of loud

> instruments, or he'll be completely spaced out for the rest of the

morning.)

> Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

> Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

> (such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

> am I missing anything?

>

>

>

> Oy. If I didn't have a picnic that I'm organizing for our Montessori PTO

> happening this Thursday night, I'd be a stressed out mess over all of

this.

> And did I mention that is still insisting that he *doesn't* need a

> hearing aid? We finally bribed him into going along with everything

without

> (too much) whining by promising that he could invite friends over for a

> sleepover if he'd just give this a chance.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hugs to all,

>

>

>

> Kris

>

> Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ooo. thanks for the suggestions, Barbara!

Am I correct in assuming that some kind of hearing assessment will be done

with wearing the TransEar during his fitting next week? The biggest

problem we've had in explaining his UHL is that he doesn't really " hit " the

speech banana - he's flat across at 10db in his right ear, and no response

on his left ear (sometimes he responds to 90db tones, but they think it's

his good ear picking up on the tone through the masking).

The TransEar will pick up the sounds from 's " bad " side (his left

side), and cause an oscillator within his ear mold to vibrate accordingly

against his mastoid bone. Those vibrations will then be carried around to

his good inner ear via bone conduction, if all goes according to plan. That

might be hard to replicate - but I could pick up some cheap ear plugs and

have everyone at the table put them in their left ear and then try to do a

simple task while listening to me talk at the same time. Thanks for the

idea!

Kris

_____

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

Of Barbara Mellert

Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:32 PM

To: Listen-Up

Subject: Re: More HA Questions from the HA Newbie...

Hi there - the Dry and Store plugs into the wall - so it runs on

electrical power. Isn't it nice to NOT have to think about buying

batteries for once?! Although we go through desiccant blocks

every two weeks or so in the summer...

Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

Barbara

EskiLvr wrote:

> Hello!

>

>

>

> I feel like Santa - making my list of questions for the audiologist and

> checking it twice.

>

>

>

> Has anyone here used any of the equipment from " Gear for Ears " website? I

> stumbled onto it and our audiologist is going to check it out tonight to

see

> if she thinks it would work with the TransEar - but I thought I'd

>

> see if anyone had any experience with their products.

>

>

>

> Also - 's TransEar apparently was shipped with a Dry & Store - whoo

> hoo! At the risk of sounding completely incompetent, does the Dry & Store

> run on batteries, or on electrical power?

>

>

>

> And last, but not least, school starts for us on August 14th - ack! I've

> managed to get an " in-service " set up with 's principal, his teacher,

> whomever will be covering the health room (we don't have a true nurse on

> duty 5 days a week), and his music and gym teachers since the two of them

> are new to the school this year. The topics are going to be TransEar care

> and how to deal with 's loss in general. (The music teacher, for

> example, needs to know to not have sit right next to a bunch of loud

> instruments, or he'll be completely spaced out for the rest of the

morning.)

> Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

> Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

> (such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

> am I missing anything?

>

>

>

> Oy. If I didn't have a picnic that I'm organizing for our Montessori PTO

> happening this Thursday night, I'd be a stressed out mess over all of

this.

> And did I mention that is still insisting that he *doesn't* need a

> hearing aid? We finally bribed him into going along with everything

without

> (too much) whining by promising that he could invite friends over for a

> sleepover if he'd just give this a chance.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hugs to all,

>

>

>

> Kris

>

> Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing)

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Those vibrations will then be carried around to

> his good inner ear via bone conduction, if all goes according to plan. That

> might be hard to replicate - but I could pick up some cheap ear plugs and

> have everyone at the table put them in their left ear and then try to do a

> simple task while listening to me talk at the same time. Thanks for the

> idea!

>

>

>

> Kris

>

>

Hmmm, I'm not sure how well that would work, since I think ear plugs only create

a

30db or less loss, or so I was told once. Would that make enough of a

difference?

Cheryl

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Those vibrations will then be carried around to

> his good inner ear via bone conduction, if all goes according to plan. That

> might be hard to replicate - but I could pick up some cheap ear plugs and

> have everyone at the table put them in their left ear and then try to do a

> simple task while listening to me talk at the same time. Thanks for the

> idea!

>

>

>

> Kris

>

>

Hmmm, I'm not sure how well that would work, since I think ear plugs only create

a

30db or less loss, or so I was told once. Would that make enough of a

difference?

Cheryl

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Those vibrations will then be carried around to

> his good inner ear via bone conduction, if all goes according to plan. That

> might be hard to replicate - but I could pick up some cheap ear plugs and

> have everyone at the table put them in their left ear and then try to do a

> simple task while listening to me talk at the same time. Thanks for the

> idea!

>

>

>

> Kris

>

>

Hmmm, I'm not sure how well that would work, since I think ear plugs only create

a

30db or less loss, or so I was told once. Would that make enough of a

difference?

Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Cheryl wrote:

Hmmm, I'm not sure how well that would work, since I think ear plugs only

create a

30db or less loss, or so I was told once. Would that make enough of a

difference?

Cheryl

**

It probably won't come anywhere close to what it's like for (or you!)

unaided - but it should at least make enough of a difference that if I

whisper the group will have to work to hear it. Or so I hope. :-)

Kris

[Guest guest]

Cheryl wrote:

Hmmm, I'm not sure how well that would work, since I think ear plugs only

create a

30db or less loss, or so I was told once. Would that make enough of a

difference?

Cheryl

**

It probably won't come anywhere close to what it's like for (or you!)

unaided - but it should at least make enough of a difference that if I

whisper the group will have to work to hear it. Or so I hope. :-)

Kris

[Guest guest]

Cheryl wrote:

Hmmm, I'm not sure how well that would work, since I think ear plugs only

create a

30db or less loss, or so I was told once. Would that make enough of a

difference?

Cheryl

**

It probably won't come anywhere close to what it's like for (or you!)

unaided - but it should at least make enough of a difference that if I

whisper the group will have to work to hear it. Or so I hope. :-)

Kris

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/25/2006 9:49:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

eskilvr@... writes:

Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

(such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

am I missing anything

We're very lucky in that out TOD runs these orientations every year for

Ian's teacher in the week before school starts. Sometimes he is in attendance

for

a little while (she just needs him as the hearing aid and FM user for the

teachers to try it out) but most often, we just drop off a hearing aid.

And yes ... one thing you didn't mention -- batteries to be kept in the

nurses office and teacher's desk. I am sure they are part of you packet, but I

point it out because it's the kind of obvious thing I'd forget after paying

attention to all the other details.

<

>

I just love the effect of bribery. I suggest making this a bigger bribery

project -- also can be referred to as behavior modification, if you don't like

" bribery. " I'd set goals for hearing aid use if he is reticent. For

instance: If he wears them for an entire week without a single complaint, a

sleepover. Two weeks, a sleepover out in the back yard in tents. Or a sleepover

including the drive-in.

We would set goals and up the anty at each stage. It's always worked for our

kids. And the reverese is true when handing out punishments. All privileges

are lost until this point, some can be earned back if " this " happens ... in

stages until privileges are returned. Or not. When the goals aren't met, we

step back to the previous stage.

If is worried about teasing and that's why he's skeptical about the

aids, then play act being teased. We found that Ian felt more confident when he

knew he had a witty reply, or some comeback or a situation. I played him, and

he played the bullies. Then I played the bulies and helped him with

comebacks. His teasing scenarios had every kind of response from " what business

is it

of yours!? " to " I am a secret agent and this is my radio transmitter " which

caused him to laugh.

And for Ian all that worry amounted to nothing. His friend could care less

about his aids, except to think the colors were cool. The other kids left him

alone. There actually seemed to be a code among them that you don't tease

kids about " special stuff " like his aids, or needing remedial reading classes.

Ian was teased for being short by a very tall boy (who is now one of his

good friends), for a girl having a crush on him and following him around like a

puppy (which wasn't helped when he defended her and told them not to call her

a dog, she just adored him even more) But never for his aids. The one time

he and a few others were teased (for going to the reading teacher, not for his

aids) the boy who defended him/them was one of the popular kids, now one of

the football kings who was never exactly a friend. But he set the tone for

what was fair game for teasing and what wasn't. It was kind of interesting to

watch (I was a room mom, so I saw quite a bit.)

I wish you luck with the in-service!

Jill

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/25/2006 10:37:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Barbara.T.Mellert@... writes:

Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

I have always provided our TOD with an audiogram showing Ian's current loss

charted over a form with the speech banana on it. The teachers have always

found that very informative.

At one point our TOD had the teachers put in ear plugs, then played a radio

at a no-channel point -- all static. She stood behind the radio (so the static

was between her and teachers, and then gave them a DBQ test (document based

questions). She read the passage aloud and then asked the questions. Another

time she gave a spelling test where all the words rhymed. They all failed ..

and got the point.

She wasn't trying to match Ian's loss for the teacher's, just to give the

teachers -- who are accustomed to hearing everything, a feel for what it's

like, an appreciation of what he deals with on a daily basis.

She also gives them pointers on facing Ian, not talking to the board while

writing on it. Even with the FM, talking and writing on the board at the same

time causes problems. She shows them how to use the FM and how it hooks up to

devices like the TV (for movies) and can be used on the podium during oral

presentations.

She has encouraged the use of an overhead projector instead of the boar

whenever possible because that places the teacher in the middle of the room and

makes it easier for Ian to hear her/him. She explains about speech reading (lip

reading) and how it is NOT a solution, all it does is give clues as to what

is being said. " I love you " looks just the same as " elephant shoe " on the

lips. So, lip reading is a combination of knowing context and looking for clues

She explains that new vocabulary words need to be written on the board or

Ian may/will mishear them. When studying things with a lot of new/bizarre

vocabulary (like Shakespeare's plays, for instance) Ian greatly benefits from

pre-reading what is being covered simply because then he then has a hope of

recognizing the new words being used.

Pre-teaching of vocabulary and concepts can be a great help to D/HOH kids.

That can them participate more fully in the classroom discussions and

activities. Other kids pick up a lot via incidental learning, our kids don't and

the

pre-teaching of terms and concepts helps level that playing field.

okay ... that's all i can think of at this moment, but if anything else

comes to mind, I'll jump in again and bore you silly once more. (grin)

Best to all -- Jill

[Guest guest]

I loved Jill's suggestions - the key idea is that hearing loss is invisible and

it is really hard for teachers to " get it " in regards to hearing loss. But

hearing is believing! Or not hearing is believing as the case may be. I have

done similar things in inservices and IEP meetings and it is terrific when you

see the teachers finally get it. Visuals are great and some can be really

effective, but to have them experience the effects of hearing loss usually makes

the point much stronger.

[Guest guest]

Hi Kris - I would think that he would have a hearing assessment with the

TransEar on (and maybe even off) when he gets it. And I'd guess his

hearing tests would get better with time as he gets used to it.

Jill had some great suggestions - our ToD also runs our school

inservices which is great. Our ToD is deaf herself so really makes an

impact.

I can't wait to hear your news about how does - keep us posted!

So exciting...

Barbara

EskiLvr wrote:

> Ooo. thanks for the suggestions, Barbara!

>

>

>

> Am I correct in assuming that some kind of hearing assessment will be done

> with wearing the TransEar during his fitting next week? The biggest

> problem we've had in explaining his UHL is that he doesn't really " hit " the

> speech banana - he's flat across at 10db in his right ear, and no response

> on his left ear (sometimes he responds to 90db tones, but they think it's

> his good ear picking up on the tone through the masking).

>

>

>

> The TransEar will pick up the sounds from 's " bad " side (his left

> side), and cause an oscillator within his ear mold to vibrate accordingly

> against his mastoid bone. Those vibrations will then be carried around to

> his good inner ear via bone conduction, if all goes according to plan. That

> might be hard to replicate - but I could pick up some cheap ear plugs and

> have everyone at the table put them in their left ear and then try to do a

> simple task while listening to me talk at the same time. Thanks for the

> idea!

>

>

>

> Kris

>

>

>

> _____

>

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

> Of Barbara Mellert

> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:32 PM

> To: Listen-Up

> Subject: Re: More HA Questions from the HA Newbie...

>

>

>

> Hi there - the Dry and Store plugs into the wall - so it runs on

> electrical power. Isn't it nice to NOT have to think about buying

> batteries for once?! Although we go through desiccant blocks

> every two weeks or so in the summer...

>

> Re: the inservice - we found it helpful to do a couple of things.

> First, show his aided audiogram with the speech banana superimposed over

> it - for our boys at any rate, it really showed just *why* they couldn't

> hear certain things. Also - and I don't know how the TransEar works,

> but we would take a hearing aid, some alcohol wipes and our listening

> stethoscope and pass the HA around and let the folks attending listen

> and then crumple paper. There were " ah ha " looks all over the place!

>

> Barbara

>

> EskiLvr wrote:

>

>> Hello!

>>

>>

>>

>> I feel like Santa - making my list of questions for the audiologist and

>> checking it twice.

>>

>>

>>

>> Has anyone here used any of the equipment from " Gear for Ears " website? I

>> stumbled onto it and our audiologist is going to check it out tonight to

>>

> see

>

>> if she thinks it would work with the TransEar - but I thought I'd

>>

>> see if anyone had any experience with their products.

>>

>>

>>

>> Also - 's TransEar apparently was shipped with a Dry & Store - whoo

>> hoo! At the risk of sounding completely incompetent, does the Dry & Store

>> run on batteries, or on electrical power?

>>

>>

>>

>> And last, but not least, school starts for us on August 14th - ack! I've

>> managed to get an " in-service " set up with 's principal, his teacher,

>> whomever will be covering the health room (we don't have a true nurse on

>> duty 5 days a week), and his music and gym teachers since the two of them

>> are new to the school this year. The topics are going to be TransEar care

>> and how to deal with 's loss in general. (The music teacher, for

>> example, needs to know to not have sit right next to a bunch of loud

>> instruments, or he'll be completely spaced out for the rest of the

>>

> morning.)

>

>> Have any of you run one of these? I'm planning on bringing some Carol

>> Flexer handouts and a set of laminated cards with TransEar instructions

>> (such as battery changing) for the teacher and nurse's office to keep, but

>> am I missing anything?

>>

>>

>>

>> Oy. If I didn't have a picnic that I'm organizing for our Montessori PTO

>> happening this Thursday night, I'd be a stressed out mess over all of

>>

> this.

>

>> And did I mention that is still insisting that he *doesn't* need a

>> hearing aid? We finally bribed him into going along with everything

>>

> without

>

>> (too much) whining by promising that he could invite friends over for a

>> sleepover if he'd just give this a chance.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> Hugs to all,

>>

>>

>>

>> Kris

>>

>> Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing)

>>

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