Coping with Deafness

Trying to find the perfect placement for your deaf child can be challenging and can definitely make a parent second guess themselves many times wondering if they are making the right choice for their child. Trying to decide if an audiologist is right for them, or what route to choose for education can be very trivial for parents being freshly exposed to the deaf world.

Determining whether or not the child has any type of hearing loss at birth is essential to preserving any hearing that they have left, and to determine how to help the child use what he has left to his best advantage. Through a routine test done on newborns they can catch most prenatal and perinatal hearing losses, but because some illnesses can lead to hearing loss, not all hearing can be saved.

A visit with an audiologist could determine the level of hearing loss that the child has, and if it is possible to assist the hearing that they have left, with the use of any of the many devices available to them, from hearing aids and cochlear implants to the different signaling devices used as alarms, timers, telephones, etc. Parents also need to assess the pros and cons to every route, to make sure that their choice will be right for their child, because what works well for one child, may not be what is going to work for their child.

Another tough decision a parent is going to have to face when trying to raise a deaf child, is to decide which method of education is going to be the most beneficial to meet the needs of their child. Many options are available to deaf children, and I recommend researching every possible route and reading statistics to determine which direction they want to travel first. Some parents insist on sending their children to public schools, whereas others choose to send them to schools that specialize in educating deaf children, so that they will not be considered the minority. One thing that I think is very important is that the parents themselves remain educated on understanding the good and bad to every possible direction that they could go when making decisions regarding the future of their children.

Ello!

Everybody feels pain, it's a given. I created this blog as an outlet for my pain, without having to actually involve people in my affairs and drag them down with me. I have a separate blog for that, which I will keep to myself.

I was reviewing my blog recently, and I discovered that I seem really pathetic, like I hate the world, so I decided to change that. I love the world, beautiful things exist everywhere, and sometimes I feel like I've shut myself off to them, but I am here now. I have picked myself up, brushed myself off, and I'm ready to face the world and get it right this time.

I keep a written journal, but sometimes my hand gets tired. I need to assess myself, a lot of my thoughts and feelings are put into words by other people, and I feel inspired to create something like that.

I love a lot. I love hard. I love deeply. I love passionately. I don't mind sharing this with people, because I have so many things in my life worth loving. Loving people can be a downfall, so I try not to confuse love with trust. I don't trust often, but I love much.