AV Approach is Paying Off
For over 2 years, my wife and I have been advocating for AV Therapy for our daughter from the point that we learned that her hearing loss was progressive. Click HERE to read more about the AV approach.
Even though we started the AV approach with hearing aids, it seems that all the hard work is paying off.
Just one week after C’s CI Activation, her Speech-Language Pathologist e-mailed the following message to us and C-Note’s teachers:
…Here’s what Carina did today:
She identified knocking on the wall, and imitated all Ling 6 sounds at close range, and all except /s/ from 6ft.
She identified the following songs (open set): Happy Birthday, Twinkle Twinkle, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Where is Thumbkin, 5 Little Monkeys. She was unable to identify Open Shut Them or Mr. Sun.
She identified the following Learning to Listen sounds from a closed set of 15: dog, airplane, ghost, rabbit, slide, cow, car
She responded appropriately to “Gimme 5”, “Can I have a hug”, “What happened” , “What are you making” through audition alone ( I think there were some other phrases too, but I couldn’t write them all down as we went)
She’s doing great!…
From the tone of the note, it sounded pretty positive.
The lady who programmed C’s CI wants us to try to get from program 1 to program 4 within two weeks of activation. I think each program is progressively louder. So far, we’ve found that on the days when C’s volume is increased to the next level, she wakes up dizzy for about an hour the following day. Is this normal?
"Hi. I'm Carina. What's your name?"
That's usually the first thing you hear when C-Note sees you. Her favorite past times are meeting new friends, hosting real and imaginary parties, and drawing pictures of everyone and everything, yourself included.
As C-Note's father, I stand in complete amazement of this young lady, who God has chosen to complete our family. As an adopted child with a hearing impairment, she experiences levels of joy that surpasses many who do not face similar challenges. A spunky kind of girl, she has also been affectionately nicknamed Wiggly, Jumping Jelly Bean, Wii Girl, and of course, our precious C-Note.