When did your child first notice that they are “different”? I have heard stories of that moment when a child asks about their own little ears or wonders, “why do I have a hearing aid?” I have been waiting to see if my own daughter will even needs to ask. Our family is unique in …
PipSqueak has Connective Hearing Loss, so wearing Big Sister’s “normal” headphones does not work very well. Usually she turns the volume up really loud, and can hear in her good ear. Or sometimes she wears her Pontos and the headphones. She ends up wearing the headphone crooked, with one in front of her ear and …
Recently I came across this post which was shared on Facebook: 146 comments. Everything from people making a pun about ears, to angry parents whose children who born without an ear. You can read all the comments here: https://www.facebook.com/260234427427165/posts/2296682540449000 My husband has 2 prosthetic ears Actually he has 4 prosthetic ears, but the one pair …
14 years ago, a little boy named Drew was born. Drew had conductive hearing loss and needed to wear a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA). His BAHA was held on by a softband headband. When he was a baby, the softband kept slipping off and was drawing attention to his lack of ears and to …
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My daughters love to sing along with the Frozen Movie soundtrack. My toddler wears a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA), so she likes to insert the word “BAHA” in random places throughout the songs:– Do you want a BAHA snowman?– For the first time in for-BAHA– The cold doesn’t BAHA me anyway Her silly songs, inspired …
A friend asked if my husband still has issues with crusties around the BAHA abutment. Unfortunately, yes, there are screws sticking out of his scull. For him, crusties are normal. Just like earwax is normal for those of us who have real ears. The crusties smell a bit like ear wax and can smell as …
One of the reasons we choose the Oticon Ponto hearing aid, is it has less issues with feedback squeals. But my daughter’s Ponto still did squeal a bit. Friends shared videos of their children wearing a hat over their BAHS and no squealing. But my daughter’s Ponto’s squealed. Other families said their Ponto’s squeal more …
Do Not Buy This Carseat …unless you plan to get one for each child for in both vehicles… Our carseat saga goes like this: I started with a Baby Trend infant carseat. The buttons were so frustrating to use. It claimed to fit babies up to 30 inches tall. But Monkey was way too tall …
We have 2 or 3 sets of utensils, and mixed into that is one fork and one spoon, which I acquired after hosting a pot-luck at some point in the past 3 years. It bugs me that I have this miss-matched spoon and fork. They do not even match each other. But I have no …
We had such a wonderful time this past weekend at Hands & Voices Family Camp. We arrived early, so my husband and one of the Dads who was there as a volunteer, bonded over building Legos with their children and the other volunteer’s children. Our family shared a cabin with some new friends who are …
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