Very interesting!!! We went to a Parent Panel tonight at CHOP. The discussion was Cochlear Implants. There were about 5 families - well the parents - sharing each of thier child's story of their hearing loss, implant surgery/recovery, and how they are managing now. We were able to write down questions to ask and they answered them.
It was very cool. A few things that stuck out for me: One - a two year old with a profound hearing loss at birth, who just had her second implant activated yesterday. She was climbing on a bookshelf that for obvious reasons her mother forbid and Mom was yelling, "NO, NO, NO!!" Her daugher, without missing a beat, and without turning around, signed back, "YES, YES, YES!!" She heard Mom! No signing, no speechreading, no visual cues....just heard her. Tell me that isn't a miracle of sorts. The second was a boy - just over a year - having one implant was playing in the family room on the floor. Several feet away, Dad was sitting in a chair reading and his stomach growled. The boy went over an poined to Dad's stomach. He heard a stomach growl.... These are deaf children hearing things in their environment.
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