I was looking through posts on the Facebook group Parents of Children with Hearing Loss and somebody had posted this video. It is a wonderful video about nine different children who had cochlear implants fitted. They were all different ages when they were implanted, and had varying degrees of pre-implant hearing experience. Subsequently, they are at a different stage of their hearing life with implant use.
Even though Isobel doesn't need the implant right now, we never know what the future may hold for her. Several of these children started out with hearing aids and then needed cochlear implants when the aids couldn't help them any more.
It brought tears to my eyes to watch in amazement how articulate these children are. It was truly difficult to believe that some of them had any hearing difficulty what so ever, especially the young boy explaining all about hockey.
I am so glad that as we go through this journey with Isobel, that we are going through it now. With all the technological advancements being made in this field the future can only be bright for Isobel. She is lucky to be a 21st Century child with these solutions for her problem, what would it have been like for her 50 years ago or 100?
More importantly, I wonder what it is going to be like for her in the future...
There's hope ! That's wonderful.
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