parents of toddler walk away from ci rehab

[inmate23]

heres the place for bott and kokunut

heres is the place to call me a hearie
http://www.alldeaf.com/hearing-aids-cochlear-implants/69929-cerebral-palsy-deafness.html#post1420846

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[AlleyCat]

What does the ability to hear or not have to do with writing? It has to do with literacy and education. Anyone is capable of reading/writing.

I was actually trying to be polite and NOT say that she writes as if she is deaf. It was making me question whether she really was hearing. But as souggy said, she has auditory processing disorder which makes total sense.

 

[Lighthouse77]

are audiograms interpreted differently in each countries? I thought Inmate23 is from NZ... are we reading off of American/English type of audiogram?

 

[deafskeptic]

You're wrong! This is not true! CI does work for everyone. It depend on sound processor's mapping. If the people don't take care of processor and can stop work as possible. The children and adults need to be careful with sound processor to stay away from destroy.

Tell that to Travis (Smithr). As much as I love my CI, I also realize not eveyone is well suited for a CI.

 

[deafskeptic]

I was actually trying to be polite and NOT say that she writes as if she is deaf. It was making me question whether she really was hearing. But as souggy said, she has auditory processing disorder which makes total sense.

If that's the case, I'm afraid a CI isn't going to help with her problems with hearing.

 

[Pinky]

Tell that to Travis (Smithr). As much as I love my CI, I also realize not eveyone is well suited for a CI.

is travis changed his sn? I didn't know that. I love my CI too! Some members said CI doesn't work for ADHD, ADD, HFA, Autism and other mental disorder. I have no idea. I have to ask medical expert about CI. Ummm

 

[somedeafdudefromPNW]

is travis changed his sn? I didn't know that. I love my CI too! Some members said CI doesn't work for ADHD, ADD, HFA, Autism and other mental disorder. I have no idea. I have to ask medical expert about CI. Ummm

They are not mental disorders. They are neurological disorders. Big difference.

CIs do work with those spectrum, but the key question is: can the client tolerate new environmental inputs when they are already overly-reactive to their stimuli. Some can, while for others it is not a good idea... You have to do individual evaluations of these kinds of things.

Like we said, what works for one person may not work for another person. Same thing applies here.

For example, I can tolerate speech and certain kind of music, but I get bent out of shape when there is an environmental sound or sound distortion in a song. I absolutely hate it when people touch me because it's just too much for me, it's overwhelming.

For some people, smell and sight are too overwhelming, but auditory and tactile are something they can deal with.

 

[jillio]

I was actually being polite by not saying that her audiogram is what shows up when someone fakes hearing loss.

It is quite common.

Yes, it is. It is really quite easy to spot malingering with an audiogram, and simple observation.

 

[jillio]

One thing I don't understand is that this OP doesn't write like she is hearing. Much of this thread doesn't seem to make sense.

An auditory processing disorder could account for the writing. But even with the processing disorder, she would not be considered deaf or hoh.

 

[JennyB]

I absolutely hate it when people touch me because it's just too much for me, it's overwhelming.

For some people, smell and sight are too overwhelming, but auditory and tactile are something they can deal with.

I am the same with touch. EVERY time I go to the doctor some person gets hit. It is my reflex and I can't control it. The nurses and doctors are aware now and I have on amazingly forgiving and tolerant interpreter for doctor appointments who I have accidentally hit a few times...she was just closest. She has learned how to move quickly though.

Visual stimulation can drive me nuts. You know that blue color when you are turning on an LCD projector? It is the most painful thing. Physically hurts me.

Sound too - very easily over stimulated. Music is my calming thing. I use my FM and MP3 player alot and without it I am not sure how I would cope with everyday! I don't mean I use it to block out sounds because I am profoundly Deaf, but more the music calms me. I am apprehensive about CI because if music sounds different...would it have the same effect or would the new stimulation set me off?

Smell gets to me too, but not as much. Taste and texture of food can bother me too. I can control that though.

 

[jillio]

Tell that to Travis (Smithr). As much as I love my CI, I also realize not eveyone is well suited for a CI.

Or to Rockdrummer's son.

 

[deafskeptic]

They are not mental disorders. They are neurological disorders. Big difference.

CIs do work with those spectrum, but the key question is: can the client tolerate new environmental inputs when they are already overly-reactive to their stimuli. Some can, while for others it is not a good idea... You have to do individual evaluations of these kinds of things.

Like we said, what works for one person may not work for another person. Same thing applies here.

For example, I can tolerate speech and certain kind of music, but I get bent out of shape when there is an environmental sound or sound distortion in a song. I absolutely hate it when people touch me because it's just too much for me, it's overwhelming.


For some people, smell and sight are too overwhelming, but auditory and tactile are something they can deal with.

I have ADHD myself and though I can tolerate most sounds, I hate background noises when people are talking to me because it's hard for me to filter out the background nosies.

 

[Resolution]

You're wrong! This is not true! CI does work for everyone. It depend on sound processor's mapping. If the people don't take care of processor and can stop work as possible. The children and adults need to be careful with sound processor to stay away from destroy.

Hi Pinky. This isn't true. CI's work for most people, but the biggest part of hearing is what your brain does with the signal. Around 2% of implantees get no useable benefit from their implants. Often it is likely that a lack of auditory input has resulting in the re-organisation of their brains, so that areas that normally process sound have been re-allocated to processing visual, or tactile stimuli.

It's for this reason that many blind people have incredible hearing and why deaf children who haven't heard sound by the age of four and then get hearing aids or a CI have much poorer speech understanding and language abilities than those who recieve intervention before the age of size months old.

The biggest part of a CI is the biological component - the auditory nerve and the brain. If these aren't working effectively, then no amount of programming or CI technology is going to help.

 

[shel90]

Hi Pinky. This isn't true. CI's work for most people, but the biggest part of hearing is what your brain does with the signal. Around 2% of implantees get no useable benefit from their implants. Often it is likely that a lack of auditory input has resulting in the re-organisation of their brains, so that areas that normally process sound have been re-allocated to processing visual, or tactile stimuli.

It's for this reason that many blind people have incredible hearing and why deaf children who haven't heard sound by the age of four and then get hearing aids or a CI have much poorer speech understanding and language abilities than those who recieve intervention before the age of size months old.

The biggest part of a CI is the biological component - the auditory nerve and the brain. If these aren't working effectively, then no amount of programming or CI technology is going to help.

Maybe those are the reasons why many students with CIs that have been referred to our program from the public schools due to their inability to develop language via spoken English.