swim lessons and playing sports

[Guest guest]

Hello friends:

My son y is almost 4 years old and has had a CI on his right side

for more than a year and a half. The surgery was performed by Dr.

iades at New York Eye and Ear in New York City.

He loves the water and we have been wanting to get him swim lessons,

does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on local resources for

children swim lessons for CI recipent or the deaf and hard of hearing.

In the same vein, we are thinking about having him start to play

soccer. Any suggestions on best ways to keep his implant on while

playing team sports (a headband?)

Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Best.

Jay

[Guest guest]

Hello Jay,

My son Christian (7;8) has been involved in our local soccer team for almost

two years now.

We use toupet tape around the clock (not only for soccer) to make the

processors stay on his head.

It works great for him.

Best wishes,

Sabine in Cologne, Germany with

(12/98),

Christian (4/00, great hearing with 2 CIs since 4/01 after meningitis),

Florian (6/02) and

Tobias (8/04) -

all growing up bilingually German/English

[Guest guest]

-Hi Jay,

At age 4 my son wore hearing aids, he received his ci at age 8, but he

took swimming lessons and played soccer at that age. During swimming

lessons, he went unaided and had a private swim instructor with him

within the class who would speak to him so that Jordan could read his

lips. With regard to soccer, he wore earmolds with his hearing aids

and he now wears an earmold with his processor for just that reason,

to keep it in place while he plays baseball. I recommend using an

earmold and a hat or headband to keep the ci in place so he doesn't

have to worry about it falling off...good luck, it's so important that

you get him involved at this age in sports. We just need to work with

the ci, but there are no limitations.Jodi-- In ,

" jaystrell " <jaystrell@...> wrote:

>

> Hello friends:

>

> My son y is almost 4 years old and has had a CI on his right side

> for more than a year and a half. The surgery was performed by Dr.

> iades at New York Eye and Ear in New York City.

>

> He loves the water and we have been wanting to get him swim lessons,

> does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on local resources for

> children swim lessons for CI recipent or the deaf and hard of hearing.

>

> In the same vein, we are thinking about having him start to play

> soccer. Any suggestions on best ways to keep his implant on while

> playing team sports (a headband?)

>

> Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated.

> Best.

> Jay

>