RE: Introduction and a question

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In a message dated 10/31/00 10:09:32 AM Eastern Standard Time,

listenup@... writes:

Kay, I just bought that one (the sonci boom) for our son too! He is only 7

but HATES it when I shake him awake. He wanted a clock like everyone else in

the family! I was at the Deaf Symposium here in CO recently and bought it at

silent auction. You would think I had handed my son the MOON! He was so

delighted and gets up promptly every morning. I use the light plug in

feature and the shaker/vibrator! Works great!

Orla

> We generally order through Communications (link to them is on the

> above page). Our son uses the Sonic Boom alarm clock. It has a

> shaker/vibrator. It also has a plug for a lamp. His bedside lamp is plugged

> into it so when the alarm goes of there's an audible alarm, his bed shakes,

> and the lamp flashes on and off.

>

>

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At 02:19 PM 10/31/00 +0000, you wrote:

>And now I do have one question, my older daughter is asking for her

>own alarm clock. I have a website for HARC Mercantile but that is the

>only source I have. I think we would prefer a shaker/vibrator. Does

>anyone have experience they would share and possibly recommend a brand

>or model? Do you have any other sources for such items? Thanks. Of

>course, what she *really* wants is a dog but I told her she has to be

>much older - like about 25 and living away from home! lol!!!

Hi . Communications has a catalog with all kinds of stuff

like this in it.

http://www.harriscomm.com/

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Welcome. We're glad to have you with us.

> I think we would prefer a shaker/vibrator. Does

> anyone have experience they would share and possibly recommend a brand

> or model? Do you have any other sources for such items?

You'll find links to lots of places here:

http://www.listen-up.org/catalog.htm

We generally order through Communications (link to them is on the

above page). Our son uses the Sonic Boom alarm clock. It has a

shaker/vibrator. It also has a plug for a lamp. His bedside lamp is plugged

into it so when the alarm goes of there's an audible alarm, his bed shakes,

and the lamp flashes on and off.

Kay

listenup@...

Listen Up Web

http://www.listen-up.org/

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Both of my sons have a Shake Awake alarm clock that has the capability to

vibrate or sound. You can call Jane at base resource: to

order them. It's been a while since I ordered them, but they're great.

I first bought one when Will was in second grade. My sons are responsible

for getting up every morning for school and even take the alarm on Boy

Scout camping trips. It's really allowed them to be more independent and

responsible.

Hope this helps,

Will 18 N-22 6/91 N-24 12/98

Philip 13 N-22 6/91

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At 10:03 AM 10/31/00 -0500, you wrote:

>At 02:19 PM 10/31/00 +0000, you wrote:

>

> >And now I do have one question, my older daughter is asking for her

> >own alarm clock. I have a website for HARC Mercantile but that is the

> >only source I have. I think we would prefer a shaker/vibrator. Does

> >anyone have experience they would share and possibly recommend a brand

> >or model?

My nine year old has the Sonic Boom with the heavy duty shaker. It works

for him.

Chris

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Just a note of caution. Once your child is a teenager it will amaze you

what he can sleep through. He can be shaken, flashed and bonged and manage

to insist he didn't know the alarm went off. :-) My solution was a cup of

frozen marbles dumped into the bed after the second wake up call was

ignored. The marbles worked every time.

DeLores

Hillsboro, OR

dhag@...

Re: Introduction and a question

> At 10:03 AM 10/31/00 -0500, you wrote:

> >At 02:19 PM 10/31/00 +0000, you wrote:

> >

> > >And now I do have one question, my older daughter is asking for her

> > >own alarm clock. I have a website for HARC Mercantile but that is the

> > >only source I have. I think we would prefer a shaker/vibrator. Does

> > >anyone have experience they would share and possibly recommend a brand

> > >or model?

>

> My nine year old has the Sonic Boom with the heavy duty shaker. It works

> for him.

>

> Chris

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Hi DeLores,

The marble idea is SO funny, I may have to try it for my 8 year old! She

also uses the sonic boom alarm clock. She would jump out of bed when we

first got it, but I guess the novelty wore off. When it goes off now, she

rolls over, turns it off and falls back to sleep. I then try shaking,

pleading, threatening and finally pulling all the covers off. I even once

dressed her while she lay there- then I came to my senses and announced that

I would not dress an 8 year old, and that she could go to the bus stop in

her nightgown for all I cared! Thankfully she started laughing at that

idea, and got out of bed on her own. I think she will be very surprised

when I bring out the marbles!!

, mom to (45-50db loss w/HAs), (normal hearing),

(Clarion CI implant, 7/99)

Member of the Helen Beebe Speech and Hearing Center.

http://www.beebecenter.org.

Re: Introduction and a question

Just a note of caution. Once your child is a teenager it will amaze you

what he can sleep through. He can be shaken, flashed and bonged and

manage

to insist he didn't know the alarm went off. :-) My solution was a cup

of

frozen marbles dumped into the bed after the second wake up call was

ignored. The marbles worked every time.

DeLores

Hillsboro, OR

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> Just a note of caution. Once your child is a teenager it will amaze you

> what he can sleep through. He can be shaken, flashed and bonged and

manage

> to insist he didn't know the alarm went off. :-)

How true. Someone once told me they pinned the vibrator to the kid's

underwear. I'm not even going to speculate about that one. ;-)

Hugs,

Kay

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Thanks to all who answered my question - what a great response! We shopped

online together and is excited to be receiving her own alarm clock. We

selected a

smaller, portable Shake Awake because we do travel fairly frequently to stay

with family and she wanted to be able to take it with her. Thank you again for

all the

help!

Mom to , 9, HOH, analog aids

Mom to 5, HOH, digital aids

Christofer deHahn wrote:

> At 10:03 AM 10/31/00 -0500, you wrote:

> >At 02:19 PM 10/31/00 +0000, you wrote:

> >

> > >And now I do have one question, my older daughter is asking for her

> > >own alarm clock. I have a website for HARC Mercantile but that is the

> > >only source I have. I think we would prefer a shaker/vibrator. Does

> > >anyone have experience they would share and possibly recommend a brand

> > >or model?

>

> My nine year old has the Sonic Boom with the heavy duty shaker. It works

> for him.

>

> Chris

>

>

> All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is

the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright

restrictions.

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>

> Hi ,

>

> Sorry cannot help you with your question, but I have one for you. What was

> your daughter struggling with that made you want to switch to Digitals? Do

> you know if Digitals are recommended for severe to severe to profound loss?

> We are analyzing this now and would like to hear information on why and what

> improvements you have noticed. Thanks. My daughter is also 5 and in a

> regular(private) preschool with about 17-19 kids in the class at a time.

>

> -Mom to 5 severe/profound loss-oral, AVT

>

,

We switched to digitals just 2 weeks ago. was having a lot of trouble

with her speech because her analogs were not replicating many of the sounds

properly.

She had a lot of background static and feedback which no amount of adjustments

seemed to fix. We also had one aid in the repair shop quite frequently. We

talked to

several parents who had kids with digitals and decided since we were considering

replacing her aids to try better technology. When I put the aids on the

listening

tube, I can hear a tremendous difference in sound quality. Through her old

aids, everything sounded very mechanical and static-y. Through her new aids,

everything

sounds very natural. We did have an adjustment period, of course. was

freaked out by silence. She didn't know silence was a good thing since with the

old aids

there was so much background noise and the only time she heard silence was with

no aids. It took us several days to convince her that silence with the new aids

was

normal, natural, and a good thing. I am convinced she is hearing better after

only two weeks and her scores in the booth show it too. The first day she got

30%

correct on word repetition, end of the first week, 45%, end of the second week

90%. The best she'd ever done with her old aids was 80-82%. I danced all the

way home

from the audiologist that day!

For they seem to be better than the analogs. My older daughter,

(who's loss is almost identical to ) is still wearing analogs and very

successfully.

We have no plans to switch her to digitals until her current aids need replacing

and then who knows. I would ask your audiologist if digitals might help your

daughter

since I have no idea how they would work on a more severe loss. I know we spent

almost 3 hours talking with our audiologist before deciding on digitals for

. Good

luck!!!

[Guest guest]

> Just a note of caution. Once your child is a teenager it will amaze you

> what he can sleep through. He can be shaken, flashed and bonged and manage

> to insist he didn't know the alarm went off. :-) My solution was a cup of

> frozen marbles dumped into the bed after the second wake up call was

> ignored. The marbles worked every time.

>

> DeLores

> Hillsboro, OR

> dhag@...

DeLores,

That is just too funny!! I'll have to keep this in mind when the teenage

years strike. Frozen marbles would get me out of bed in a flash! Thanks for

the chuckle.

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I don't know if anyone else answered this question, but I just wanted to say

from our experience that yes, digitals are absolutely appropriate for severe

to profound hearing loss. My son switched to digitals when he was 3 years of

age and we noticed an improvement in his speech and audition immediately.

mom to 6.5-yr-old boy, severe-profound, aided, CI candidate

> Sorry cannot help you with your question, but I have one for you. What

was

> your daughter struggling with that made you want to switch to Digitals?

Do

> you know if Digitals are recommended for severe to severe to profound

loss?

> We are analyzing this now and would like to hear information on why and

what

> improvements you have noticed. Thanks. My daughter is also 5 and in a

> regular(private) preschool with about 17-19 kids in the class at a time.

>

> -Mom to 5 severe/profound loss-oral, AVT