When you have a child with hearing loss, all your focus as a parent may be on their language development and speech production. It’s important to remember that their social-emotional development is just as important! Some ways to do this include the building of trust, loving touches, think- aloud and using emotional vocabulary. The following
Are you thinking of going bilateral? Find out about Ruth’s experience, an adult bilateral CI user from the United Kingdom. Ruth completed a Master’s degree at university and works as a university librarian. In her last post, Ruth shared how her CIs helped her to achieve her musical goals of singing and playing the clarinet.
Born deaf, 29-year-old Ruth is a singer and has a passion for music. Despite the barriers of hearing loss, Ruth began learning the clarinet at 8-years-old while using high-powered hearing aids. After hearing aids weren’t giving her the performance she needed, Ruth got her first CI at 13 years old. Ten years later at 23 years
Six-year-old Evy lives for the water. Using WaterWear for SONNET this summer, Evy’s time at the beach, pool and in the bath has been even more fun, with greater safety. Now in the first grade at mainstream school, Evy received her bilateral cochlear implants at age one after being diagnosed with genetic hearing loss. In
Have you ever wanted to hear straight from another parent about what it’s like to have a child with hearing loss? Mothers know best, as they say! Meet Chelsea, whose one-year-old son Elijah is a bilateral cochlear implant recipient. Chelsea shares how the hearing journey with MED-EL began for their family, including the confusing, funny,
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