Anyone who has a child with hearing loss will undoubtedly remember the feelings they experienced during diagnosis. Feelings that you will most likely never forget but you will learn to accept with time. Raising deaf children in a hearing world is challenging and brings a…

When B first got his cochlear implant processors his (then) TOD warned us not to refer to them as ears. This can confuse a child and cause problems later in school. We tried to stick to this for some months…processors, implants, CI’s etc. We tried…

So F is now two months old and has been aided since he was six weeks. As expected we have seen no definite response to sound, yet we continue to wear them, as instructed, to stimulate the hearing nerve. He isn’t a fan of his…

So, we’ve had a pretty stressful first month… Not only did I give birth to our second child a month before Christmas, I did it the day before the OH’s birthday. Then, 15 days later, we had found out our perfect little man was deaf,…

Thoughts and reflections from 3 ½ years ago… Grief. It’s a funny concept. It can come in waves, it can swallow you whole and it can sneak right up on you. For me it swallowed me. As we left the hospital with our now ‘Deaf…

Thoughts and reflections from 3 ½ years ago… People describe birth in many different ways. Some are traumatised by it, others revel in the miracle of it, but for the majority of us, once that precious bundle is in your arms, you forget the pain,…

You don’t know how strong you are until you have no choice. Sounds like a cliché right? Yet it is true, as I have learned from first-hand experience. I learned what true strength was around 3 ½ years ago. It took me some time but…

Up until yesterday I was having the most perfect week. I had just given birth to my second child. Another, gorgeous, baby boy. My 3 ½ year old had taken on the role of big brother with great pride and the OH, and I, felt…