Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 In a message dated 9/20/2006 1:51:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, teaghansmum@... writes: My name is and my daughter's name is Teaghan Hi , welcome to the list. I'm , a deaf mom to three deaf and hard of hearing kiddos. My son is 13, is 10 and is almost 9. Now that I have a blog, it's easy to point everyone there to learn more. www.putzworld.blogspot.com Putz Illinois Families for Hands & Voices _www.handsandvoices.org_ (http://www.handsandvoices.org/) _www.ilhandsandvoices.org_ (http://www.ilhandsandvoices.org/) Email: support@... _A Deaf Mom Shares Her World_ (http://www.putzworld.blogspot.com/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 In a message dated 9/20/2006 1:51:38 P.M. Central Standard Time, teaghansmum@... writes: My name is and my daughter's name is Teaghan Hi , welcome to the list. I'm , a deaf mom to three deaf and hard of hearing kiddos. My son is 13, is 10 and is almost 9. Now that I have a blog, it's easy to point everyone there to learn more. www.putzworld.blogspot.com Putz Illinois Families for Hands & Voices _www.handsandvoices.org_ (http://www.handsandvoices.org/) _www.ilhandsandvoices.org_ (http://www.ilhandsandvoices.org/) Email: support@... _A Deaf Mom Shares Her World_ (http://www.putzworld.blogspot.com/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 , Welcome! It sounds like you are on the right track. My first suggestion would be to contact the local early intervention program in your area. Some are greatly helpful, and some less so. Ours has been no end of frustration, but others have received tons of help through that program. Another suggestion is the Clinic correspondance course, which can give helpful ideas for enriching your child's language. My youngest daughter was discovered to have a moderate/moderately severe hearing loss and received hearing aids at 11 weeks of age. She is actually testing on the better end of the range that was predicted by her initial ABR testing at this point. She is twenty one months old and is talking and signing up a storm. We chose to start learning ASL along with her since we did not know where her hearing loss came from and have no idea whether it will ever worsen. It has helped us in having much less frustration in communicating while she takes a little longer to learn to use her voice. We did have a six month period of nearly constant ear infections; I don't know how we would have gotten along without signs then. Our daughter currently is using three and four word phrases, like " more dog cereal " (It has Clifford on the box), and " n eat pasta. " Of course, she has some sounds she cannot make yet, like /s/, and does not usually make a /p/ at the beginning of a word, but we see huge progress for her. We have speech therapy twice a month and spend every day just talking and reading with her as much as possible. Please feel free to ask any and all questions with this group. They are very helpful. I have a file in my email where I stash emails that might be helpful later, when my daughter gets to school age. in Manassas, VA > Hi there, > My name is and my daughter's name is Teaghan. She is > just 7.5 weeks old and was diagnosed at 2 weeks old with a severe to > profound hearing loss. She is going in next week to get fitted for > her first hearing aids. I am so excited for her to get them, but > scared atthe same time for the struggles we are all going to face. It > came as a huge shock to me and my husband to hear of her hearing > loss, > as there is no family history, but from what I have learned we > certainly are not alone! I went through all the stages that go along > with this, sadness, denial, anger etc. but as time passes I feel more > optimistic each day. > I look forward to all the helpful advice I can get from all the > families who are dealing with similar situations. Any information and > progress reports on your children are appreciated. So please reply > with all of your stories. I want as much information as I can get! I > look forward to being a part of your group, and hope to help someone > out myself with our experiences, when they are new and looking for > advice. > > > > > -- Letiecq laura@...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Hello , Welcome to the group. My name is and my daughter Alyanna, 7 years old has hearing loss on both ears. She passed her hearing test at birth, but I feel right after that she had hearing loss. Eventhough she had alot of ear infections that didn't cause the loss because her nerves are damaged. I think its very good that you found her hearing loss this early in her life. We found Alyanna's loss at the age of 2 years old, so we had alot of catching up to do. Through all that hard time there was always a smile in our faces. We feel blessed through all of this. Welcome again and congratulations on your newborn. Enjoy every minute of her life!!! teaghansmum teaghansmum@...> wrote: Hi there, My name is and my daughter's name is Teaghan. She is just 7.5 weeks old and was diagnosed at 2 weeks old with a severe to profound hearing loss. She is going in next week to get fitted for her first hearing aids. I am so excited for her to get them, but scared atthe same time for the struggles we are all going to face. It came as a huge shock to me and my husband to hear of her hearing loss, as there is no family history, but from what I have learned we certainly are not alone! I went through all the stages that go along with this, sadness, denial, anger etc. but as time passes I feel more optimistic each day. I look forward to all the helpful advice I can get from all the families who are dealing with similar situations. Any information and progress reports on your children are appreciated. So please reply with all of your stories. I want as much information as I can get! I look forward to being a part of your group, and hope to help someone out myself with our experiences, when they are new and looking for advice. --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 In a message dated 9/21/2006 10:29:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pcknott@... writes: There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. Here, here! I couldn't agree more. Every kid is different and mine are constantly changing. Our Ian's loss was discovered when he was about 7½ and he hated signing then because he hated the reality that he was losing his hearing. But after a while, he wasn't angry and sad and he wanted to learn. Now, at almost 16, he is learning to sign and has considered becoming a TOD. (or a photographer, or ....) Things change, our kids' needs change. And sometimes we try things that don't work, so we change the plan to something else. The important thing is to be looking for what works for YOUR child and adapt to what that particular child needs. Our son's TOD has different teaching/learning strategies for each of the kids she works with. The things that work like a charm for Ian cause nothing but confusion for her other kids. That's part of why we adore her, she realizes that each kid is wired differently. This is great place to ask questions. The collective knowledge here is just amazing. And it's also a great place for good old fashioned moral support. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 In a message dated 9/21/2006 10:29:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pcknott@... writes: There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. Here, here! I couldn't agree more. Every kid is different and mine are constantly changing. Our Ian's loss was discovered when he was about 7½ and he hated signing then because he hated the reality that he was losing his hearing. But after a while, he wasn't angry and sad and he wanted to learn. Now, at almost 16, he is learning to sign and has considered becoming a TOD. (or a photographer, or ....) Things change, our kids' needs change. And sometimes we try things that don't work, so we change the plan to something else. The important thing is to be looking for what works for YOUR child and adapt to what that particular child needs. Our son's TOD has different teaching/learning strategies for each of the kids she works with. The things that work like a charm for Ian cause nothing but confusion for her other kids. That's part of why we adore her, she realizes that each kid is wired differently. This is great place to ask questions. The collective knowledge here is just amazing. And it's also a great place for good old fashioned moral support. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 In a message dated 9/21/2006 10:29:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pcknott@... writes: There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. Here, here! I couldn't agree more. Every kid is different and mine are constantly changing. Our Ian's loss was discovered when he was about 7½ and he hated signing then because he hated the reality that he was losing his hearing. But after a while, he wasn't angry and sad and he wanted to learn. Now, at almost 16, he is learning to sign and has considered becoming a TOD. (or a photographer, or ....) Things change, our kids' needs change. And sometimes we try things that don't work, so we change the plan to something else. The important thing is to be looking for what works for YOUR child and adapt to what that particular child needs. Our son's TOD has different teaching/learning strategies for each of the kids she works with. The things that work like a charm for Ian cause nothing but confusion for her other kids. That's part of why we adore her, she realizes that each kid is wired differently. This is great place to ask questions. The collective knowledge here is just amazing. And it's also a great place for good old fashioned moral support. Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 HI , Yep that is how you pronouce Teaghan. We do have early intervention working with us. We have basically been told that she will be able to be oral with the use of either hearing aids or implants and that by the time she is in primary school she will be at the same verbal level as her peers (with a lot of speech therapy). I am hoping this is a realistic goal and that I am not being set up for dissapointment. What is your experience here? So we are going to start doing some baby sign language with her once she is a bit older and then really take it from there. We will see how she progresses and make decisions as they come. I do want her to be oral first and foremost though. How have you found your daughter in relation to her peers and what path did you take with her? I am really interested in everyones stories! Thanks for your response. pcknott@... wrote: Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! --------------------------------- The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 HI , Yep that is how you pronouce Teaghan. We do have early intervention working with us. We have basically been told that she will be able to be oral with the use of either hearing aids or implants and that by the time she is in primary school she will be at the same verbal level as her peers (with a lot of speech therapy). I am hoping this is a realistic goal and that I am not being set up for dissapointment. What is your experience here? So we are going to start doing some baby sign language with her once she is a bit older and then really take it from there. We will see how she progresses and make decisions as they come. I do want her to be oral first and foremost though. How have you found your daughter in relation to her peers and what path did you take with her? I am really interested in everyones stories! Thanks for your response. pcknott@... wrote: Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! --------------------------------- The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 HI , Yep that is how you pronouce Teaghan. We do have early intervention working with us. We have basically been told that she will be able to be oral with the use of either hearing aids or implants and that by the time she is in primary school she will be at the same verbal level as her peers (with a lot of speech therapy). I am hoping this is a realistic goal and that I am not being set up for dissapointment. What is your experience here? So we are going to start doing some baby sign language with her once she is a bit older and then really take it from there. We will see how she progresses and make decisions as they come. I do want her to be oral first and foremost though. How have you found your daughter in relation to her peers and what path did you take with her? I am really interested in everyones stories! Thanks for your response. pcknott@... wrote: Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! --------------------------------- The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hi , I just wanted to give you my experience with signing and speech. Although my daughter was not diagnosed until two, (she is now three) she had no speech. We bought some DVDs from signingtime.com that my daughter really liked. I don't know if anyone else has used them or liked them, but as well as my oldest daughter both seemed to enjoy them. She learned to use basic signs for words that kids seem to use day to day. She does not sign much now as her speech has improved greatly, but it was a nice way to put a visual with the verbal. She has started in a special education preschool class this year, where I think they sign for the children who don't have speech, so she is starting to sign and say the word again. My son, who is eighteen months, loves the videos. Although he is hearing, it helped a lot with him before he could speak, because he could communicate by sign. He now signs and says the word and is delighted with himself when he does so! Hope this helps, > >Reply-To: Listen-Up >To: Listen-Up >Subject: Re: New to group! >Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:56:28 -0400 (EDT) > >HI , > > Yep that is how you pronouce Teaghan. We do have early intervention >working with us. We have basically been told that she will be able to be >oral with the use of either hearing aids or implants and that by the time >she is in primary school she will be at the same verbal level as her peers >(with a lot of speech therapy). I am hoping this is a realistic goal and >that I am not being set up for dissapointment. What is your experience >here? So we are going to start doing some baby sign language with her once >she is a bit older and then really take it from there. We will see how she >progresses and make decisions as they come. I do want her to be oral first >and foremost though. How have you found your daughter in relation to her >peers and what path did you take with her? I am really interested in >everyones stories! Thanks for your response. > > > >pcknott@... wrote: > >Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm >, Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has >a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are >they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? >We've got families on this list who have done each of the different >choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing >from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important >decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for >your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay >with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky >to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings >some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to >know and love her! > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! >Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hi , I just wanted to give you my experience with signing and speech. Although my daughter was not diagnosed until two, (she is now three) she had no speech. We bought some DVDs from signingtime.com that my daughter really liked. I don't know if anyone else has used them or liked them, but as well as my oldest daughter both seemed to enjoy them. She learned to use basic signs for words that kids seem to use day to day. She does not sign much now as her speech has improved greatly, but it was a nice way to put a visual with the verbal. She has started in a special education preschool class this year, where I think they sign for the children who don't have speech, so she is starting to sign and say the word again. My son, who is eighteen months, loves the videos. Although he is hearing, it helped a lot with him before he could speak, because he could communicate by sign. He now signs and says the word and is delighted with himself when he does so! Hope this helps, > >Reply-To: Listen-Up >To: Listen-Up >Subject: Re: New to group! >Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:56:28 -0400 (EDT) > >HI , > > Yep that is how you pronouce Teaghan. We do have early intervention >working with us. We have basically been told that she will be able to be >oral with the use of either hearing aids or implants and that by the time >she is in primary school she will be at the same verbal level as her peers >(with a lot of speech therapy). I am hoping this is a realistic goal and >that I am not being set up for dissapointment. What is your experience >here? So we are going to start doing some baby sign language with her once >she is a bit older and then really take it from there. We will see how she >progresses and make decisions as they come. I do want her to be oral first >and foremost though. How have you found your daughter in relation to her >peers and what path did you take with her? I am really interested in >everyones stories! Thanks for your response. > > > >pcknott@... wrote: > >Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm >, Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has >a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are >they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? >We've got families on this list who have done each of the different >choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing >from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important >decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for >your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay >with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky >to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings >some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to >know and love her! > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! >Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome ! You are so much further along than I was at this point with my son. He was diagnosed with a moderate hearing loss through newborn screening too, but it took me several months to find this site and do enough research to feel like I understood what deaf / hard of hearing means. You will be glad you are on this site - the other mom's here are full of wonderful experiences and great advice. BTW - Where do you all live? Emylie, San Tx Mom to Kaiden, 6 going on 15 and Donovan, 9 mos Mod SNHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome ! You are so much further along than I was at this point with my son. He was diagnosed with a moderate hearing loss through newborn screening too, but it took me several months to find this site and do enough research to feel like I understood what deaf / hard of hearing means. You will be glad you are on this site - the other mom's here are full of wonderful experiences and great advice. BTW - Where do you all live? Emylie, San Tx Mom to Kaiden, 6 going on 15 and Donovan, 9 mos Mod SNHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Welcome ! You are so much further along than I was at this point with my son. He was diagnosed with a moderate hearing loss through newborn screening too, but it took me several months to find this site and do enough research to feel like I understood what deaf / hard of hearing means. You will be glad you are on this site - the other mom's here are full of wonderful experiences and great advice. BTW - Where do you all live? Emylie, San Tx Mom to Kaiden, 6 going on 15 and Donovan, 9 mos Mod SNHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hi there, Yes I am really glad I found this site, it really seems wonderful. I am in Nova Scotia, Canada. Emylie emyliemarie@...> wrote: Welcome ! You are so much further along than I was at this point with my son. He was diagnosed with a moderate hearing loss through newborn screening too, but it took me several months to find this site and do enough research to feel like I understood what deaf / hard of hearing means. You will be glad you are on this site - the other mom's here are full of wonderful experiences and great advice. BTW - Where do you all live? Emylie, San Tx Mom to Kaiden, 6 going on 15 and Donovan, 9 mos Mod SNHL --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail --------------------------------- Get news delivered. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hi there, Yes I am really glad I found this site, it really seems wonderful. I am in Nova Scotia, Canada. Emylie emyliemarie@...> wrote: Welcome ! You are so much further along than I was at this point with my son. He was diagnosed with a moderate hearing loss through newborn screening too, but it took me several months to find this site and do enough research to feel like I understood what deaf / hard of hearing means. You will be glad you are on this site - the other mom's here are full of wonderful experiences and great advice. BTW - Where do you all live? Emylie, San Tx Mom to Kaiden, 6 going on 15 and Donovan, 9 mos Mod SNHL --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail --------------------------------- Get news delivered. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hi there, Yes I am really glad I found this site, it really seems wonderful. I am in Nova Scotia, Canada. Emylie emyliemarie@...> wrote: Welcome ! You are so much further along than I was at this point with my son. He was diagnosed with a moderate hearing loss through newborn screening too, but it took me several months to find this site and do enough research to feel like I understood what deaf / hard of hearing means. You will be glad you are on this site - the other mom's here are full of wonderful experiences and great advice. BTW - Where do you all live? Emylie, San Tx Mom to Kaiden, 6 going on 15 and Donovan, 9 mos Mod SNHL --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail --------------------------------- Get news delivered. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hi . We did AV therapy when Maggie was first diagnosed. She was nearly 4 years old when we discovered her mod-severe loss. She repeated kindergarten in order to give her time to catch up. She is now in 9th grade and is an honors student, runs cross country, swims on swim team and talks on her cell phone and her new nickname is IPod since she has one apparently permanently attached to her head! Oh, and is learning to drive..... She has actually done much better in school than either of her older sisters did. She goes to a private school as the county where we live has terrible schools and 30% of the kids in the county are in private schools. She used her FM system until last year and now she says she hears fine, I doubt that but since she does well in school we haven't fought her on it. I tried to bribe her with a bluetooth device she could use for FM and to hook up to her cell phone - no luck yet. I guess she'll tell us when she needs it. Her cell phone broke and she is anxiously awaiting the replacement which should be here today. She considers herself to be a typical kid who happens to wear hearing aids. Re: New to group! > >HI , > > Yep that is how you pronouce Teaghan. We do have early intervention working with us. We have basically been told that she will be able to be oral with the use of either hearing aids or implants and that by the time she is in primary school she will be at the same verbal level as her peers (with a lot of speech therapy). I am hoping this is a realistic goal and that I am not being set up for dissapointment. What is your experience here? So we are going to start doing some baby sign language with her once she is a bit older and then really take it from there. We will see how she progresses and make decisions as they come. I do want her to be oral first and foremost though. How have you found your daughter in relation to her peers and what path did you take with her? I am really interested in everyones stories! Thanks for your response. > > > >pcknott@... wrote: > >Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 , You mean she was discovered at age 4? Did I read that right? Trish Visit Trish and Bobby's Marathon website at http://www.firstgiving.com/bobbymarathon Re: New to group! > >HI , > > Yep that is how you pronouce Teaghan. We do have early intervention working with us. We have basically been told that she will be able to be oral with the use of either hearing aids or implants and that by the time she is in primary school she will be at the same verbal level as her peers (with a lot of speech therapy). I am hoping this is a realistic goal and that I am not being set up for dissapointment. What is your experience here? So we are going to start doing some baby sign language with her once she is a bit older and then really take it from there. We will see how she progresses and make decisions as they come. I do want her to be oral first and foremost though. How have you found your daughter in relation to her peers and what path did you take with her? I am really interested in everyones stories! Thanks for your response. > > > >pcknott@... wrote: > >Welcome , I'm wondering how you pronouce Teaghan? Like Meaghan?? I'm , Mom to Maggie who is 15 and has worn hearing aids for 11 years, has a mod-severe loss. Do you have early intervention working with you? Are they giving you the information you need about methods of communication? We've got families on this list who have done each of the different choices. There's no one right answer for all kids, but hopefully hearing from all of us will help you along as you make some pretty important decisions in the months to come. You will find the answer that is right for your baby and your family. And you don't have to decide something and stay with it forever, you can change directions if you need to. You are so lucky to have learned of the hearing loss so early, but I imagine that brings some problems along with it as well. Most of all enjoy your baby and get to know and love her! > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >The best gets better. See why everyone is raving about the All-new Yahoo! Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 LOL, actually she was a very loud and demanding child so we discovered her right away! Didn't discover the fact that she couldn't hear until she was nearly 4 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Oh, funny. I didn't realize I had written it that way. LOL. But seriously, I had no idea (though you've probably told me a bunch of times and I was so overwhelmed with all the information that I didn't see what what you wrote) that she was as old as 4 when you found the loss. I thought she was an infant, and that's how you knew so much. And the loss is mod/severe, like Bobby's worse ear. And she is in college now (or was it HS?) and an honor student? And she had AV therapy? And you pulled your hair out too? And cried? Wow, I feel so normal! And I have so much hope. It sounds like she's doing great..I am so psyched. Trish Visit Trish and Bobby's Marathon website at http://www.firstgiving.com/bobbymarathon Re: New to group! LOL, actually she was a very loud and demanding child so we discovered her right away! Didn't discover the fact that she couldn't hear until she was nearly 4 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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