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If You're Thankful And You Know It by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Had to post these videos from our Community Meeting at Christian's school yesterday. About 90% of Christian's school are typically hearing kids, and 10% are kids with hearing ... Read on »

Like Clockwork by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness It wouldn't be the holidays without some sort of drama with Christian's CI. Last night while at his grandparent's house, his CI was turning off for no reason. His Gram and Pop ... Read on »

Nucleus 5 Activation by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Just wanted to post this link to a news story that not only features a sweet baby girl with bilateral Nucleus 5 implants, but also Christian's 1st SLP, Mrs. Spies. She is a ve ... Read on »

Start Making Your Christmas List! by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Even though AJ's Momma beat me to the punch this year, I am still SO EXCITED TO SHARE TOYS R US' DIFFERENTLY-ABLED TOY GUIDE. Once again, the guide is broken down into categor ... Read on »

You Gotta Have Faith by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I grew up in a traditional Catholic home, attended Catholic school, and was raised in a family where our Church was a center of not just my community, but of our family. I nev ... Read on »

Another Fantastic Resource by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I contacted The Children's Legal Advocacy Program that AG Bell sponsors earlier this week with some questions and concerns regarding the level and type of service that Christi ... Read on »

From Silence To Sound by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Looking forward to seeing this award winning documentary! *Please disable the music on the left of the screen before playing the movie trailer* Read on »

Halloween by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Our house was hit with H1N1 last week, but thank goodness, I was the only one who got it! Fevers, chills, and aches and pains struck me down on Tuesday night and I pretty much ... Read on »

Preschool Visits by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Last week I started my visits to our area preschools to prepare for the very real possibility that we will not be returning to Christian's current school. In addition to the a ... Read on »

Never Ceases to Amaze Me... by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We had an IEP review meeting today and also reviewed Christian's Speech Language Evaluation this year. All I can say is WOW! I'll put the full review of the tests below for al ... Read on »

Walk4Hearing! by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Despite the absolutely awful weather, the 2009 National Capitol Area Walk4Hearing was an absolute success! I was so proud to be Team Captain of the #1 team! Thank you to EVER ... Read on »

It's Only Fitting by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness 2 years ago today, we heard the words that forever changed our lives. When we were told Christian was deaf, we had no idea where our journey would take us. I would close my e ... Read on »

Walk4Hearing! by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We're gearing up for the Walk4Hearing this Saturday, October 17th on the National Mall! I'm serving as the Team Captain for Christian's school, and we have an absolutely AWES ... Read on »

Can't I Just Hire Someone To Do This? by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness One of the reasons I love where we live is because of the wealth of resources that we have access to. There seems to be a top-notch specialist for just about everything we wou ... Read on »

Happy Birthday Chuck! by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness We love you so much! Read on »

Thankful by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I always have said how important my support system of friends has been throughout this whole journey with Christian. With all of this drama with our IEP process and preschool ... Read on »

Game Time by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness One of my favorite Mommy-tricks is making a game out of everyday tasks. Christian loves to help me sort laundry (I swear that's how he learned his colors). When it's clean-up ... Read on »

Lee Woodruff by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness Last night I had the wonderful opportunity to listen to Lee Woodruff speak at Christian's school. She very generously donated her time, and all proceeds benefited the scholars ... Read on »

Sick to my Stomach by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I really struggled with cross-posting this video. It's been going around on several hearing loss list-servs this week, and I know many of my D/HOH friends and CI Mommas have s ... Read on »

My Little Star by Christina M. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Hearing Loss & Deafness I love how he counts his way into the song...what's so funny about this video is that you can see his little mind working on finding the right words. *Be sure to disable the ... Read on »

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