Ava's hearing is two years old today. We are as happy as ever with her progress and the beautiful "hearing" girl she has become. There is no doubt that she LOVES her cochlear implants and she LOVES to hear, especially music. Here is a short five minute video montage that captures her journey in a nutshell~from birth to the present. Thank you for sharing this special moment with us,
I came across your blog randomly while doing some research for my sons 2nd hearing bithday this month and some ideas on what to do for him. your daughter is beautiful and has made amazing progress! Congrats and good luck in the future!
Hi Ava! My name is Jenna and i came across your site. U are an amazing, and beautiful little girl. I am so happy that your talking now! U are an inspirational hero! I was born with a rare life threatening disease, and i love it when people sign my guestbook. www.miraclechamp.webs.com
Ava was born June 30, 2008 and diagnosed with profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in September, 2008. She received simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants when she was 9 months old on March 31, 2009. Today she is 6 years old and is on par with her hearing peers of in terms of auditory comprehension and expressive language. I want to give parents of newly diagnosed babies with profound hearing loss HOPE.
I am married to a talented children's musician husband and together we enjoy seven unique and beautiful children. I "retired" as a corporate/commercial law clerk to stay at home with the kids. I love golf, gourmet cooking, jazz and ballet dancing and dates with my husband.
Two months Hearing
"or" (more)
"bah bah" (for the sheep) tongue clicking (for the horse)
bye bye
"bah boo" (for daddy)
ma ma (for mommy)
Four Months Hearing
poo poo (with the "p" sound too!)
"ea ee" (ready) up apple eye
Five Months Hearing (all approximations except Boo Boo) bread head flower Boo Boo (her teddy bear's name) meow sock milk don't touch (two words together!) ice cream
Six months plus hearing hat down Elmo daddy no nose cheese yogurt tick tock boo (for blue) head hair grandma purpo (purple) een (for green) eh wo (yellow)
Questions: "Where's ________" (insert common object) "What Happened?" (with such feeling too!) Names of all siblings Body parts: eyes, ears, toes, nose, elbow, legs, arms, knees, neck, teef (teeth) cheese cereal poon (spoon) pants diaper shoes boots mittens hat coat brush teef "want ______ (insert object) cracker keekee (cookie)
That was beautiful and now I need some tissue. My how time flies and our babies are getting SO big! So proud of you Ava!
ReplyDeletehugs,
Aiden's mom
I came across your blog randomly while doing some research for my sons 2nd hearing bithday this month and some ideas on what to do for him. your daughter is beautiful and has made amazing progress! Congrats and good luck in the future!
ReplyDeleteHi Ava!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Jenna and i came across your site. U are an amazing, and beautiful little girl. I am so happy that your talking now! U are an inspirational hero!
I was born with a rare life threatening disease, and i love it when people sign my guestbook.
www.miraclechamp.webs.com