Tag: bilateral hearing loss
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My Daughter’s Second Cochlear Implant Surgery
Today is the day that my daughter gets her second cochlear implant. I have to admit even though I have already been through this same surgery 12 years ago with my daughter, I was still nervous going into the hospital and waiting for her to have her surgery done. My daughter was born with a…
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Will Adding a Second Cochlear Implant Improve My Daughter’s Hearing?
After my daughter received her cochlear implant in 2001, she has continued to have ongoing speech and language delays. These delays are a direct result of my own personal decision to wait so long to have her surgery. Looking back, I would have done things differently and I wouldn’t have waited so long to give…
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Watching my Daughter Soar
I went to watch my daughter perform with the marching band this evening and she inspires me alot. It is amazing that she is able to not only march but she plays the clarinet. I know you are thinking that I am just another proud parent, which I am, but she was born with a bilateral hearing…