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WE HAVE A 15 YEAR OLD SON WHO WE FOUND TO BE DEAF AT THE AGE OF 5. DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. HE WOKE UP ONE DAY AND SAID HE COULD NOT HEAR ON HIS LEFT SIDE. HE HAS ABOUT TEN TO TWENTY PERCENT HEARING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE IS SAID TO HAVE SENERINUERAL NERVE DAMAGE. HE WAS COCHLEAR IMPANTED ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO. AS LONG AS HE HAS THAT PROCESSOR ON HE HAS 100% HEARING. VERY MATURE. HE DOES NOT SIGN. SPEAKS VERY CLEARLY. LOST HIS HEARING AFTER HE LEARNED HOW TO SPEAK. DOES GET PICKED ON VERY LITTLE AT SCHOOL. DOES TAKE MEDS FOR ATTENTION LACKING SKILLS, BUT, IS NOT CONSIDERED ADD OR ADHD. WE DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. ALL BATTERRIES AND WIRES ARE OUT OF POCKET COSTS AND RUN ABOUT 80.00 TO 150.00 FOR REPAIRS DEPENDING ON WHAT PARTS ARE DOWN AT THE TIME. US, PARENTS ARE HIS MAIN LINE OF SUPPORT.
Tags: NERVE-DAMAGE
Posted By: cccook 1 Year, 7 months, 3 Weeks, 2 days, 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
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