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All Hallows Eve! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Sorry it's a couple days past but I wanted to post a blog about our Halloween night! It was a fun and when I say night it was actually a couple nights of Halloween. The first ... Read on »
Halloween Stories By a Witch! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This was Great Fun! I enjoyed getting all dressed up and painting my face green. Gavin watchedme paint my face and he would say face, and I would say yes Mommy is painting her ... Read on »
Cochlear Implants VS the Car Ride! And Rain Play! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness So lately Gavin has been liking to chew on his implants while in the car. He chews the ear hooks and the battery holder inside the controller. So after multiple battery holder ... Read on »
Auditory/Verbal Technques and Strategies to live by..... by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Gavin in his Daddy's shoes. Gavin has some big shoes to fill!This information is from Hearts for Hearing! I found it helpful.Be a bird Dog!point out sounds: I hear that!Be a D ... Read on »
Bye Bye Summer, Hello Fall! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Wow! Time Flies! We are getting ready for Halloween in this house. I went to the library and checked on alot of Halloween Books. He really likes the Ghost in the House Book an ... Read on »
Good Going's ON! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It was been awhile since the last post. Gavin is making huge leaps of progress. His Slp told me. When he says two or three words sentences, to give him one more word. Example ... Read on »
Grandpa and Grandma Terry's Weekend! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Gavin playing with Trucks and wood! Decorating Cookies! Gavin is loving the frosting! Jenna on the grass! Such a Doll! Grandpa, Gavin, Grandma, Jenna Heidi and her baby, M ... Read on »
The Last Two Weeks of Going on's by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness The last two weeks have been one bad thing and tons of good fun things. The bad thing was I had a 5 hour root canal which is never fun! The reason it was 5 hours is cause on o ... Read on »
Happy Pioneer Day the 24th of July! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness For the 24Th We headed down to Dustin's parents house. It was a up and down trip. The ups were the good food,fireworks,motorcycle rides,parade. The down was the car broke down ... Read on »
Sunday's Dinner in a Dutch Oven! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Hello Everyone, Sunday we headed up to the Canyon for a dutch oven dinner and enjoying the green of the mountains. We went with our neighbors Steve and April. Which is always ... Read on »
Gavin is Healing from Surgery! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It is amazing to me. How fast Gavin is healing from the Bilateral Implant Surgery that was last Wednesday. Wednesday after surgery Gavin was grumpy which is to be expected. 3 ... Read on »
Gavin says What? by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Gavin has been saying some pretty amazing stuff lately. #1 I need a drink of water(He said it prefect. I was floored!! Thinking did that just come out of you Gavin#2 I want a ... Read on »
Bilateral Implant! Was a Success!! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness This morning we woke up @6am for Gavin's surgery. The Hospital is around 35 mins away. So we had to leave the house by 6:30 to make it on time for 7am. The Hospital staff want ... Read on »
Michigan Trip! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Lots of Barns! In Iowa! Postcard Prefect!! Gavin Loves Babies! Smiling for the picture Long Car RIDE! 33 Hours!!! Uncle Jaden and Gavin in the Bumper Car! Amish Country Che ... Read on »
Gavin's Journey! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I thought I should share Gavin's hearing journey! In a couple days Gavin will be getting his bilateral implant. But here is the journey from start to present. On January 7Th ... Read on »
It's Bilateral Implant time! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Gavin will be going to surgery for the bilateral cochlear implant on the 8th of July! We are very excited! Woo hoo! Read on »
Levels of Hearing Loss. What's the difference? by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Mild Hearing Loss - a child with mild hearing loss usually has normal speech, but will have trouble in the school setting because it will be difficult to hear speech from more ... Read on »
More going on's! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Man oh Man! Where do I start. A couple of weeks ago I went and spoke to college students. I was a little nervous. I loved it. These college students are going into Deaf Educat ... Read on »
Gavin amazes Me!! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Friday morning, We are upstairs in my bedroom, with the door shut and the phone is ringing downstairs in the kitchen. Gavin hears the phone, points to his ears, and starts yel ... Read on »
Gavin is on a ROLL! by Heather F. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Picture is of Gavin first bump to the head needing stitches(running into the table corner). He loss hearing on that one! Audiogram proved it! 10db to 20db different then one m ... Read on »