Posts by hdirks

Thanks so much for replying! We're in Iowa and we do have to wait until she's 12 months but she is currently 10 months now. Our audiologist told us that medicaid just passed something to where they will cover doing both of them at once...

How do I add a picture on here to show you?

ha. What town do you live in again? And how old are your kids?

thanks! We've gone through the basic steps. Our meeting with the team to discuss the surgery is on Tuesday. Just wondering how long the process takes to get it all approved through insurance and medicaid. We've waited so long already I'm...

Have any of you gone through this process? From you initial evaluation with the team how long did it take to actually get the surgery?

It's just so frustrating nobody can give us ANYTHING! her ears are fine, deafness is not genetic and does not run in the family. So why can't they tell us anything? there has to be a reason she has all of these things. Thanks for your...

Are any of you as frustrated with this as I am? Someone asks whats wrong with my daughter (which I can understand-it's rude but people are curious) and when I explain that she's deaf and has some disabilities EVERYTIME I hear "I'm...

I live just West of Des Moines and would love to get together with some mammas!

Are any of you here from Iowa? It would be great to connect with someone close to me!!!

Actually I found that Toupe (sp?) tape works best for her. That way we can just tape them to the back of the aids and then to her head. it doesn't pull her hair out and she leaves them alone. You can but it at any wig store or salon and...