Comments on: Help! I can’t hear my kids! http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/ Thoughts from a hard of hearing musician Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:56:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: charcoalsilhouette http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-545 charcoalsilhouette Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:40:31 +0000 http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-545 If only the general public was so adapting! I'm in a family where both me and my dad are HI, yet he won't admit to it, and I wear hearing aids. Sometimes, communication is impossible. Often, my mom ends up "translating" something that one of my brothers said, and she always has to scream it, embarassing in a public place. Sometimes its not something said to me, or an irrelevant joke, but I still want to hear what was said. I often get upset and feel like they just don't get it. But I only have a moderate loss, enough that without the hearing aids, I can pretty much communicate, but even with them, everything is frustrating. If only the general public was so adapting! I’m in a family where both me and my dad are HI, yet he won’t admit to it, and I wear hearing aids. Sometimes, communication is impossible. Often, my mom ends up “translating” something that one of my brothers said, and she always has to scream it, embarassing in a public place. Sometimes its not something said to me, or an irrelevant joke, but I still want to hear what was said. I often get upset and feel like they just don’t get it. But I only have a moderate loss, enough that without the hearing aids, I can pretty much communicate, but even with them, everything is frustrating.

]]> By: Hoh http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-110 Hoh Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:16:01 +0000 http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-110 Yes yes yes! Sometimes they will knock on the wall, the door, the table - whatever is handy! I'm thrilled to know other people do this -- thanks for commenting!! Cindy Yes yes yes! Sometimes they will knock on the wall, the door, the table - whatever is handy!

I’m thrilled to know other people do this — thanks for commenting!!

Cindy

]]> By: Melinda Groth http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-109 Melinda Groth Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:59:23 +0000 http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-109 I loved reading this! My own kids know that if they want an answer to a question, they must look at me. My husband has yet to figure that out. If, however, the question is one that I am asking them (the kids), through their closed bedroom or bathroom door, we use a similar pattern of foot-to-floor thumps or door knocks to communicate answers. I loved reading this! My own kids know that if they want an answer to a question, they must look at me. My husband has yet to figure that out. If, however, the question is one that I am asking them (the kids), through their closed bedroom or bathroom door, we use a similar pattern of foot-to-floor thumps or door knocks to communicate answers.

]]> By: This is Girly Girl « Beethoven’s Ears http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-79 This is Girly Girl « Beethoven’s Ears Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:03:03 +0000 http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-79 [...] she look like Snow White a little bit?  She inspired the “bark code” we use at [...] [...] she look like Snow White a little bit?  She inspired the “bark code” we use at [...]

]]> By: Jay Griffin http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-26 Jay Griffin Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:38:00 +0000 http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-26 My 11 month daughter is just starting to expand her verbal and non-verbal attention-getting repertoire. But she learned at 6 months that she could get attention by doing singular short coughs--kind of like saying "hey!" My loss is pretty severe and I depend heavily on speechreading for comprehension--but I can still hear the difference between a clearly spoken yes or no with my back turned. I'm sure we'll develop our own code as she gets older especially since we are a bilingual family in addition to me being the only one with hearing loss. My 11 month daughter is just starting to expand her verbal and non-verbal attention-getting repertoire. But she learned at 6 months that she could get attention by doing singular short coughs–kind of like saying “hey!”

My loss is pretty severe and I depend heavily on speechreading for comprehension–but I can still hear the difference between a clearly spoken yes or no with my back turned. I’m sure we’ll develop our own code as she gets older especially since we are a bilingual family in addition to me being the only one with hearing loss.

]]> By: Hoh http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-16 Hoh Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:05:31 +0000 http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-16 If you try it, please let us know how it works for you. Thanks for stopping by! Cindy If you try it, please let us know how it works for you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

]]> By: Babette Lewis-Rahamin http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-15 Babette Lewis-Rahamin Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:54:12 +0000 http://beethovensears.com/2007/08/05/help-i-cant-hear-my-kids/#comment-15 I so much identify with this. My kids are always talking while I cook, dress, drive, etc. I too have to face them and read their lips and to hear them well. I just might try to implement your system. It helped alot knowing someone else has the same problem as me yet has found a solution. I so much identify with this. My kids are always talking while I cook, dress, drive, etc. I too have to face them and read their lips and to hear them well. I just might try to implement your system. It helped alot knowing someone else has the same problem as me yet has found a solution.

]]>