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Debb Member	posted 02-13-2001 09:57 AM Our 6 year old son was recently diagnosed with mild/moderate hearing loss. We are in the early stages of researching devices which may assist him in his academic environment. I welcome the opportunity to communicate with parents of children with a similar hearing loss and or experience with a classroom FM system. IP: Logged
mom2hhtwin Member	posted 02-20-2001 04:24 PM We have a 3.5 year daughter who has severe hearing loss. She has been wearing hearing aids since she was two and started to use an FM unit last August at an AV preschool. She wasn't talking much before she started to use the FM unit, and now her vocabulary has increased dramatically and so has her ability to understand other people. I say if he has an opportunity to use one and he needs one then go for it! IP: Logged
foofee unregistered	posted 02-20-2001 09:54 PM I'd like to know more about FM systems. My 5 year old daughter will need one for a mild hearing loss and possible CAPD. IP: Logged
Tanya unregistered	posted 02-21-2001 09:23 AM We have an eight year old son with a moderate hearing loss. We have tried every system around with very frustrating results- a lot of them don't work in certain environments. We now have the new Claro (Phonak) that has the FM attached to the BTE. One month in so far so good. --NO switching systems, no connection problems and digital technology. Do not bother with the others-- an expensive and fustrating experiment. IP: Logged
annied1 unregistered	posted 04-01-2001 05:21 PM I have an 8 yr. old daughter with moderate to severe loss. She has used the Phonak HandMic with the receivers that attach to the hearing aids, no box to carry around or wires. It's been great for classroom and sports. I highly recommend using an FM system for the maximum help! IP: Logged
adcsecor Member	posted 04-06-2001 01:20 PM My 5 year old son has been diagnosed with Reverse Slope hearing loss in his right ear. The educational audiologist for our schools prefers to treat hearing deficiencies in the classroom first, probably with an FM system that broadcasts for the whole room rather than hearing aids. We never noticed his hearing problem, it was uncovered in a standard Pre-K screening and he has had success in the classroom all year without any assistance for his hearing. This is all new to us - any info at all would be appreciated. IP: Logged
stevensmom Member	posted 04-14-2001 09:44 AM My son is profoundly deaf and has a cochlear implant. He is fully mainstreamed in a second grade classroom and receives huge benefits from an FM "speaker" called a personal soundfield which amplifies the teacher's voice on a small speaker that sits on his desk. The sound quality is excellent, and from what I understand, it helps the children who sit near him as well (who aren't hearing impaired). He hears what the classroom teacher is saying the first time she says it! One drawback to this kind of system is that it doesn't amplify the other students' voices if they're having a question-answer session (unless the teacher gives her microphone to each child who speaks). Another drawback to this kind of device is that it can't be used when he's running in gym, or anything like that. So the gym teacher always has to make sure he is sitting close or can see her mouth when she talks to him. Hope this helps! IP: Logged
rbazuzi Member	posted 04-21-2001 10:03 AM hi, maybe someone can give me a response to this: Here we are at the end of the year with a child with multiple disabilities, (tracheostomy, high paraplegic, in a power chair, using sign language). This year they also discovered a mild to moderate hearing loss. Because of the extraneous noise around his trache,( suction, secretions, etc.) his family and the ENT decided that a hearing aid wouldn't work. (I am his nurse and go to school with him every day.) The SLP recommended an FM system. Yesterday they had the IEP meeting to update the plan to include the new system, and the teacher refuses to wear the speaker because she is 5months pregnant. Now what? Anne IP: Logged
annied1 Member	posted 04-22-2001 04:17 PM You're kidding! What does being pregnant have to do with wearing a microphone for the FM system? If worse comes to worse, surely she could set the microphone on her desk and make sure she speaks into it. Seems to me this would be harder on her, but... To Stevensmom: The FM system my daughter uses can be used in P.E. or sports, you might check into that system if it becomes necessary. The coach or teacher wears the small mic so she can hear whether she is on the softball field or wherever. One drawback to this system is that sometimes the teacher forgets to turn her part off when she is talking to someone else and Rachel hears that conversation whether it is meant for her or not. IP: Logged
Paula Moderator	posted 04-30-2001 07:28 PM Hi Anne: I contacted the owner of the Listen Up web site www.listen-up.org and this is what she said: I would suspect that the concern is for RF Radiation. According to this page: http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q541.html Exposure to RF energy below the MPE is considered safe-not only for the healthy worker but for pregnant women and the fetus as well. What is the MPE? This page http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/cellpcs.html the FCC's RF exposure guidelines recommend a maximum permissible exposure level of the general public (or exposure in "uncontrolled" environments) of about 580 microwatts per square centimeter (�W/cm2), as averaged over any thirty-minute period. Measurement data obtained from various sources have consistently indicated that "worst-case" ground-level power densities near typical cellular towers are on the order of 1 �W/cm2 or less. I would suggest that the parent contact the maker of the FM system, and find out what the rf output is for this device and if it meets the FCCs RF exposure guidelines. Ask them to put it in writing - then you'll have documentation to use at an IEP meeting. It really should be the teacher's call though, but if the teacher refuses, the school should move the child to a classroom where the teacher will use the unit. BTW, the Listen Up website also has a listserv for professionals that may be of interest to you. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Paula ------------------ Want the latest news and info on hearing loss? Send a blank message to HearingExchangeNews-subscribe@listbot. We respect your privacy. [This message has been edited by Paula (edited 04-30-2001).] IP: Logged
Carrie unregistered	posted 05-31-2001 09:24 AM Hi, My name is Carey. I am a CART provider (court reporter) at a local university. I work with four HOH/deaf students. I attend class lectures with the students, taking down everything that is being said (including questions from students, basically everything going on around us) while the students simultaneously read from my computer laptop screen what is said. At the end of the class lectures, the students are given a transcript printout of the entire class lecture. The students I work with know very little sign language, if any. Perhaps in the future if the FM unit isn't helpful, perhaps your school could furnish a CART provider for your child. IP: Logged

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