Hard of Hearing/Deaf

Signing with C

It is Deaf Awareness Week this week! The point of this week is to raise awareness for signs of hearing loss and also Deaf Culture. I thought I would share a bit about our family’s journey with… Sign Language Between words and signs C has over 30 words to communicate with our family at under …

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Hard of Hearing/Deaf

Deaf not Defective

Okay, that title may be a little rough… We all know that C is Hard of Hearing. However, every year we receive a letter from our state telling us that she is part of a special program for children born with birth defects. Last year, we received it about a week after getting the final …

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Hard of Hearing/Deaf

Patty Cake and Tubes

C turned nine months old on Thanksgiving. I love this age so very much! Her personality is becoming more evident by the day and I’m in love. Is it weird that I just said I’m in love reference my infant? I don’t think so… This last month she discovered Patty Cake. She loves it so …

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Hard of Hearing/Deaf

Results

‘You know what has caused her to have hearing loss. She was born with it.’ – Hubs C is a little over 8 months old. She just participated in her first Halloween as Abu, from Aladdin. It was pretty adorable, just look at the picture above and you can see. You might remember that about …

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Hard of Hearing/Deaf Inspiration Kids

A List

Would you like to know what the world’s best teething toy is? A hearing aid mold. “C, No!” I hear myself say that over and over again as she yanks them out when she is bored and pops those suckers in her mouth. Who knew a baby was so strong to yank out the tubing? …

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C and I at Children's
Hard of Hearing/Deaf

Hearing Clinic

When your child is first diagnosed as Hard of Hearing or Deaf. There are a lot of people to meet, places to go and information to overload on. Whatever you do, do NOT Google. Not everything on the Internet is true, and honestly, you end up a nervous wreck because the only information you initially …

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Hard of Hearing/Deaf Kids Life

Diagnosing

Sometimes it’s nothing. C was diagnosed with “Hearing Loss” shortly after she was born. I don’t know if it was really a shock for me. Our hospital tested her hearing at about 24 hours old and when she failed the screen on her left ear the technician said to not worry, “It’s probably just fluid.” …

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