Berose’s Lifeline

It was early summer of this year (March 29 to be exact), when EC was first fitted with hearing aid.  That day marked the beginning of many firsts in EC’s life.  It was her very first time to see the world in a different perspective. To perceive sounds not just to see actions. To hear, [...]

Ec just turned 3 years old last Saturday in time for her Speech therapy Clinic’s annual Christmas party.  I did not have time to prepare for festivities on EC’s own birthday because we decided to go to the Clinic’s party.  As always my main goal was for EC to socialize with other kids having Hearing [...]

I always wonder what profession my daughter EC will choose when she grows up.  Watching her everyday while playing her favorite role as a doctor makes me somewhat sad.  I know there will be limitations to options available to her when she reaches her college years.  If she wants to be a doctor one obvious problem will come up, how will [...]

i know that not all of us have any idea on how cool a cochlear implant innovation is so I added here a video about CI to further inform everybody about it. Please turn on your speakers before watching the video to hear the informative narration.

EC needs to be around her normal hearing peers.  She needs to be surrounded by kids to further develop her social skills.  I don’t want her to grow up thinking she is less of a person because of her impairment. That’s why if possible i always bring her to gatherings where there will be lots of [...]

EC is a kid that always likes to be out and about.  She likes to experience new things all the time.  When we go out nobody suspects she is deaf..well until they look closely at her ears where her BTE hearing aids are.  Many times before i been asked what were those gadgets on her ears??were those [...]

While surfing for other blogs I came across this relevant blog posted by an unknown author.  The article served as an eye-opener to me.   Reading all the issues behind Hearing Impairment made me realized that EC’s road to success in the hearing world should be paved by no one but US-her parents.  Patience with our [...]

It was a gloomy morning on the 22nd day of November year 2005 when I gave birth to EC via caesarian section operation.  EC was a high risk baby due to measles (rubiola) that I suffered from during my first trimester of pregnancy. No one could imagine how stormy the history of my pregnancy was.  [...]

 Time really flies…EC has come to age for new level of socialization at school.  Consequently, we decided to enroll her in a regular progressive school.  We had specially chosen a progressive kind of education to maximize her potential, taking much in consideration her hearing impairment on the process. 
We came to a decision by carefully analyzing and weighing up advantages over disadvantages.  [...]

 
After EC was diagnosed with hearing loss we were told that our daughter needs a very intensive speech therapy in order for her to get hold of speech.  A very competent Auditory verbal therapist was then recommended by the hearing center.  We were in a daze still to comprehend everything..we didn’t have any idea as to [...]