Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Hi everyone, I'm happy to be a new member of this list and have enjoyed reading your posts so far. I am on another list that isn't quite as busy or friendly and thankfully Jill emailed me privately from that list to tell me about this one. I already feel better and I haven't even posted any questions yet! Thanks Jill! My son Ethan is now 7 months old and was identified by the newborn screening here in Ohio. He has a profound loss in both ears caused by a CMV infection in the womb. Does anyone else have a child with congenital CMV? It's very rare, only 1% of babies each year I guess. Anyway, he has hearing aids that he rarely wears because we can't keep up with his growth and the molds rarely fit. We just had a new mold made and went to pick it up and it didn't fit right so they are remaking it. I feel like we're losing precious time here in the evaluative stage as I and my husband are hoping for a CI for Ethan at the earliest possible age. Even though we hope he can listen and speak someday, we have been learning ASL so that we'll be able to keep pace with him when he begins to learn. We've used basic signs with him since he was 2 months and look forward to seeing him sign to us. If any of you can think of words of wisdom or things that I could be doing with him now please feel free to share. I joined this list because I'm very open to all ideas, especially from experienced people like yourselves. Have a great day all! Innis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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