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Hi Kari, I have 2 teenagers that are deaf and have cochlear implants. I am also a preschool teacher for children with cochlear implants who"s parent have decided to raise them with oral language. As a parent I would choose Cochlear Americas as would most professionals although they cannot...

Hi deaf dude First CI can be very a great tool for learning oral language but it is very personal decision. It is not for everyone. A CI is a very personal choice. As I said it can be when used correctly a valuable tool. My son has had his CI for 13 years and it has been amazing for him...

I agree each company has different features. It was a shame that AB model had a defect in it. And they say they have now fixed. There was no physical harm to people who received the defected AB model, they just had the major issue of having to have surgery again to replace the internal parts...

Hi I agree with you completely. Both of my children are deaf and they speak normally. They do have some trouble hearing in a room where there is a lot of background noise but other then that if you are listening very closely to them you might think they have the slight accent. People just do...

My children just recently upgraded to the freedom. My daughter told her audiologist to lower a frequency because she was hearing the A/C and she said there is no need fo rme to hear the A/C.

Just been just a busy summer. We drove across the country and back, my school has just gone a track system so I have been back to work for a month now. Good to be back too.

"when we were investigating schools for our daughter we visited, numerous times, the three deaf schools in our area (one oral and two TC). What we were able to determine and my wife was an elementary school teacher with a Masters in Special Ed (which she currently teaches) was that the academic...

Hi Jenny, I am going answer your questions based only on what I have told my children. Since my children were about 12 or 13, I have told them that they are old enough to make these sort of decisions on their own. I have told them that if they want they can take off their implant and stop...

Vallee, every child is so unique. Even when you have siblings being raised in the same way with the same type of hearing loss, they each need something different.

You are so right!!! language delays can be caused by so many different reasons.

Hi Starkey came out here to southern CA about 9 months ago. I know of many families that received hearing aids free. It was pretty easy but it did take about 2 full days of these families doing everything they were asked of.

For slides and tunnels there is this special static mat that will take away the electrical charge and it is pretty cheap. I found it on this web site and my school bought it for the slides at school, really works well. My son is about to be 16 and has had his implant for 13 years and only...

This is a great idea. Did you know that most areas have cochlear implant reps that can come out to your school and give you little inservices. Deafbagel you are in Neveda right? if you want I can give you the rep's name in your area, just tell me what implant the child has.

The cochlear implant will still be good you just have to go back to the implant center to get remapped. Now a days newly implanted children get 2 processors when they first get their implant so that they always have a good one at home for a back up.

You are wrong. I sat there and listen to the opening remarks. What A G Bell is for is giving parents all the information and all the options and letting parents make informed decisions. I also want you to know that at the conference there were sign language interpreters for people who needed...

While I am think saying that all deaf should go for AVT. What is so wonderful about AVT is that 6 of its prinicpals involve the family. If the family believes in an approach then they are going work harder at it and make it a way of life.

I would love to have a copy of it. Do you think you could e-mail it to me.

What are you trying to saying.

So you are going to blame us hearing people for everything that has gone wrong in your life.