Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids

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Captioning on the Web-- HR 1301

Folks, we need your help to pass a bill that would provide captioning on the web:

HR 3101, Contact your Representative today!

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drayden's mommie

i need some help 3 Replies

Started by drayden's mommie. Last reply by Lucky Day Sep 7.

Karen Putz

Introductions 37 Replies

Started by Karen Putz. Last reply by Michelle Wright Aug 26.

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Folks, please take a moment to contact your Representative and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 3101 which is the Twenty First Century Communication and Video Accessibility Act of 2009. See the Caption Action 2 blog for more info and a letter to copy:...
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The same thing happened to us with a pair of Oticon hearing aids when our son was 2. The earmold and sound hook were in place so we didn't notice that the beige hearing aid was missing. Medicaid paid for a new hearing aid in just a month or so. We...
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Lucky Day

Free booklets to teach kids to read

I came across this page "Hubbards Cupboard" and it has so many awesome resources to print and use in teaching a wide range of subjects.

I print them out changing the layout to be 4 pages per printed page, to save paper and make it a cute mini book. We go through the pages, reading the words, and he colors the pages. Then we staple it into a booklet and show/read it to everyone we can.

This is exactly what I was feeling like… Continue

Posted by Lucky Day on May 14, 2009 at 11:13pm

Lucky Day

Reading and Writing

This is such an exciting time for us. My deaf 4 year old is reading and writing! We knew he could sight read a few words and he was even writing some of his favorite words, like his name and Goodyear ;)

On Tuesday night we were trying to get him to pray for dinner. He didn't want to, as usual, so I thought it would be funny to write it down and ask him again.

Who
Pray?

He looked at the note, we told him what it said (since Who and Pray aren't in his reading vocab).
Then I wrote his name. He s… Continue

Posted by Lucky Day on April 30, 2009 at 8:26pm

Barbara Louise Brady

I am BLESSED!

This is my story! My daughter Brettanie was born with Congential Rubella(form of german measels).She is 14 years old. Not only she is deaf she also has cerybal palsy. My first born was a boy who was born healthy.But after I delievered Dakota and went back for my 6 week check up I was gaven a rubella shot for future pregancy. Then in 1994 I found out that I was preganate. Went through the normal routine.Except I went to a doctor who said that I was going to have a downs baby and I was to small of… Continue

Posted by Barbara Louise Brady on April 10, 2009 at 9:27pm

Jen

School in DC...

Hi All-
I am not sure if any of the members here are located in the Metro area but I couldn't keep this info all to myself...
My husband and I just took our little boy to tour a school called Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) in Washington DC. It's on Galludet University campus and it is FREE!!! Federally funded. We will be enrolling our son James at the end of August. It is awesome!! The public school system in our County (Charles) is horribly undereducated with severe disabilities… Continue

Posted by Jen on April 10, 2009 at 12:25pm — 1 Comment

Jen

My son...

Hi All-
I am not sure how to word this exactly...My son was just tested under sedation and came back with a profound hearing loss. We had him at his audiologist a few days prior and did some booth testing (as long as he could sit still :o) he is 3) she was able to get results behaviorly at 70-75db. He was originally tested when he was 5 months old. His test results were 60db in one ear and 65 in the other. He was fitted for hearing aids when he was 4 months old. I know in my heart that my husban… Continue

Posted by Jen on February 24, 2009 at 10:03am — 2 Comments

 
 

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