Guest guest Posted July 16, 1999 Report Share Posted July 16, 1999 --- You wrote: Let me know if it looks OK to you Barbara or if you want anything about it changed. And thanks again for allowing me to put it up. --- end of quote --- It looks great- thanks for doing this! Hugs Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 1999 Report Share Posted July 19, 1999 At 01:36 AM 7/17/99 +0000, you wrote: >I need help! A friend of mine who is on CI Families listserv recently told >me about some posts regarding the possibility of being >implanted even if the persons hearing loss was not profound in both ears. This has long been true, if the person is an adult. For at least a few years, adults with profound OR severe hearing losses have been considered as candidates for implantations. But I think that now, it's more the amount (or lack) of help they're able to get from hearing aids that is more of a determining factor for eligibility, rather than JUST the audiogram. >I feel like this is going to sound dumb, but I was wondering about progressive hearing loss. Like, once you start losing hearing, will it stay stable or continually decline. Not dumb at ALL. Progressive losses can change once, or can change many times. For example, for a kid with some sort of structural pathology in the ear, a blow to the head can cause a one-time progression, sometimes the hearing will come back, sometimes it won't. In other cases, hearing loss just progresses continually, and in still others it doesn't progress at all. >How often do you get your kids hearing checked, especially little ones? My son's two, and we have taken him every 3-4 months since birth. One reason to go regularly is so they get used to testing and " learn how to do it " . He's just now learning how fun it is to do things in response to sounds, rather than just turning to them. :-) But the other thing to remember is not to freak out if the audiogram changes a bit from test to test. Kids get lazy with the testing sometimes...or they're in a different booth that's a little off, or they don't like the toys, or they don't like the assisting audiologist, or they're tired or they're hungry...a few dB either way doesn't necessarily mean a progressive loss...just keep testing. >>The most I could >> get out of the translation was that their friend couldn't have an implant >> because there was a pear tree in his auditory canal. > >That would sure impede the progress of the implant through the canal. But think of all the free healthful snacks! --kerri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 1999 Report Share Posted July 19, 1999 But the other thing to >remember is not to freak out if the audiogram changes a bit from test to >test. Kids get lazy with the testing sometimes...or they're in a different >booth that's a little off, or they don't like the toys, or they don't like >the assisting audiologist, or they're tired or they're hungry...a few dB >either way doesn't necessarily mean a progressive loss...just keep testing. > Thanks for the reminder/info on this -- especially with little ones, it doesn't take much to set things off! And you know how I dread those hearing tests! Stefanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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