How To Swim With A Cochlear Implant On

This video gives us hope for those hot, humid days in mid summer. Many times we have sat and wondered “How can Drew swim with a his cochlear implant on?”
At first we figured it couldn’t be done. We thought that we’d have to just keep a close eye on him, maybe communicate solely [...]

Karen Katz Books

Drew is a big fan of Karen Katz and her lift-the-flap book series. Drew’s Dad and I also enjoy reading these books with both of our children.
This Baby’s Box of Fun is filled with three of our favorite Karen Katz books, all of which we find very useful for common auditory objectives with infants and [...]

A Work in Progress

As the readership of Turn on My Ears! increases my email inbox has been expanding. Common questions include: What type of therapy is Drew participating in? How often does Drew attend therapy? What activities are you doing with Drew? How do you find time to be “Mom” and “therapist”? Some of these questions I will [...]

Do All Babies have CI’s?

I was having a conversation with my daughter over dinner the other night that took a funny turn.
“Were you ever a baby like Drew,” I asked her, curious of her answer.
“Yes. I was a baby. Now I a big girl,” she said. Then she continued the conversation, taking it in a direction I never imagined. [...]

Upcoming Events

Drew’s Dad posted information on the Bilateral Implants: Updates and Controversies Conference that will take place in May in Columbus, Ohio.
In addition, there are several other upcoming events.
Deaf Initiatives is holding one of their “Navigating Your Childs Future” workshops at the Alexander Graham Bell School in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, March 8th. This class will [...]

The Fun Never Ends!

Comments heard in our house recently:
“Can Drew hear everything?”
“Does he understand everything?”
“Can you believe that he heard that?”
“Can you believe he just said that?”
“Did you just see how he noticed the difference between speech and music?”
This list goes on…
It just seems to us like Drew is hearing really, really well and his progress is showing [...]

Language Assesment

Drew had his bi-weekly therapy with his teacher through the Regional Infant Hearing Program yesterday. My Mom took him to the appointment, as she does every time. Drew’s teacher is excellent and always sends me a detailed report of the session, and my Mom will always let me know how Drew did and tell me [...]

Why Cochlear?

Drew’s Dad and I have been playing around with Blogger and were experimenting with the survey feature, hence the “Which brand of C.I. Did you Choose?” question on the sidebar. It’s a little coincidental since Amy recently left a comment asking why we chose Cochlear as the brand of implant for Drew. She is trying [...]

F-U-N!

With a capital F, U and N! We are having so much FUN watching Drew’s language develop, both receptively and expressively.
I was getting ready for work on Wednesday morning and stopped by the kitchen table to say goodbye to Drew, his dad and sister while they were eating breakfast together. I noticed that Drew did [...]