Posted on November 6, 2008 by debcny
“you know. I doubt she (the PreK teacher) said it just to make you mad, or for fun. She IS a teacher. She DOES see 100’s of kids. Maybe you should check it out”.
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Posted on July 16, 2008 by debcny
I was surfing, and found a post about a recent study and article done, called: “Effect of Minimal Hearing Loss on Children’s Ability to Multitask in Quiet and in Noise”. The full text in a PDF format, and more info can be found here: http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/3/342. The abstract reads:
Effect of Minimal Hearing Loss on Children’s Ability [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2008 by debcny
AC is way more than ”the kid with the hearing aids”… but, labels come cheap and everyone uses them.
Below is another letter I had written 9 days after our son (then almost 4 yrs old) was diagnosed… while we waited on getting his new hearing aids. Reality hits home about labeling… stigma… hearing aids. Things that still bother [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2008 by debcny
Below is an email I wrote from Feb, 2001 – when my son was first diagnosed with having a hearing loss. He had just turned 4.
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Written: February 1, 2001
Hi …
Well, I took AC this morning for a thorough hearing evaluation, at the advice of his Doc. As you know, we were a little worried since his pre-K [...]
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