Sunday 10 January 2010
Mary Said Owwwwww
On Thursday 7th January 2010 we were at another friends house and Mary was messing about climbing all over me and throwing herself off the sofa. Both my friend and I tried to warn her about the nearby coffee table but woudl she look, nope. Anyway as predicted she fell off the sofa and stood up shaking her hand signing "oww" while saying "owww" perfectly at the same time. My friend and I jsut looked at each other and confirmed that we were hearing right. We cheered and praised her then thoguht we better check if she was ok but she seemed fine. Spontaneous vocalisation in context. Yay.
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Hi! I just found your blog. I am also the parent of a Deaf, sing language using, CI kid! My daughter is 6, and has been using ASL (we are in the US) since she was 12 months old, and she has had a CI for just over a year.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering why your little one isn't hearing better with her CI? My daughter has been hearing at 25 db, across all frequencies, since activation. Can you get a second opinion on her MAP? Almost all kids can get above 30 db. Does she a cochlea abnormality, or an insertion problem?
I was just curious, I'm sure you have looked into it, but I would just explore all the options.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteNice to have your view. Um I believe it is more to do with personality than actual what she can hear. Last week was the first time we actually got Mary to sit and do a hearing test. She is a very stubborn child and if she doesnt want to do anything she doesnt have to. She is 3.5 years too and has very definite opinions. Hence why I struggle to gether to sign as well. If your duaghter has been usign sign since 12 months she seems to be an attentive child and therefore would do the hearing test well, and she was 5 and now 6. If you met Mary you would understand our situation. She also is not a ver consistent wearer of her ears so is a bit of a struggle all round. That said i left her at preschool this mornign and she was wearing her ears! Did your daughter have bilateral?
Be nice to exchange more with you.
Angie
Hello, I am 32 year old lady who was born profoundly deaf and implanted at 30!, I love reading Mary's blog, she sounds like a wonderful little girl. I was taught BSL when my parents found out i was deaf at 2, Started to speak at 5. I am now training to be L.S.A (learning support assistant) in hope to help deaf children in literacy and Numeracy in Primary school. So far i love it (i have 2 placements, one at mainstream school and another at all deaf school) Look forward to hear more about Mary.
ReplyDeleteI think Mary's progress is brilliant. She is very bright and, like you say Ang, stubborn. She'll learn and get there in her own time. She is absolutely wonderful. Love u all. xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Charlotte. My New Years resolution is to update this more regularly. Be nice to have you follow us. Sounds Fab you working with the kids. Be nice to know what you think of your implant as I cant ask Mary! She not overly keen on her Ears at the best of times. I love BSL is such a cool way to communicate. I know Mary will get there as well as you have done. Just hard to explain to her the need to communicate.
ReplyDeleteKeep in touch.
Angie
PS Sean I know ;) and ditto
My daughter is terribly stubborn, so I feel you! She learned sign, because we signed all the time. It was the only way she could communicate, but since we used it all the time, she picked it up pretty fast. We never "taught" her sign, like we have spoken language. It just became the language of our home and the community she was around.
ReplyDeleteDoes your little one go to preschool?
Miss Kat has never been a patient child. She doesn't like hearing tests either. Our audi MAPs babies in about 30 minutes.
I guess it depends on the child and their personality, but I think there are ways around a non-cooperative kiddo.
Good luck!