DLA for Deaf Child?

evenasus

sunnyone wrote: »

Want to know a secret?

They wouldnt give a hearing aid to a child who has no caperbility of hearing in that ear

I know more about deafness than most since I am deaf, my nephew has no hearing caperbility in one ear and my other nephew is a Total.

I don't know about a child being fitted with a hearing aid but I was fitted with one, as it was supposed to help balance the sounds.

It didn't help, so I stopped wearing it.

I lost the hearing in my right ear a few years ago.
I suddenly had the sensation you get in your ears (although only in my right ear) when in a plane, as it's coming in to land.

Problem was, my ear didn't pop, it just stayed the same.
I was told, after extensive investigation, that a virus, or a small blood clot had destroyed my hearing.

I do have to agree about crossing the road. I can't hear cars approaching from my right side.

Once or twice, I have had a close shave - in car parks.
My fault, I should be more careful.

sunnyone

evenasus wrote: »

I don't know about a child being fitted with a hearing aid but I was fitted with one, as it was supposed to help balance the sounds.

It didn't help, so I stopped wearing it.

I lost the hearing in my right ear a few years ago.
I suddenly had the sensation you get in your ears (although only in my right ear) when in a plane, as it's coming in to land.

Problem was, my ear didn't pop, it just stayed the same.
I was told, after extensive investigation, that a virus, or a small blood clot had destroyed my hearing.

I do have to agree about crossing the road. I can't hear cars approaching from my right side.

Once or twice, I have had a close shave - in car parks.
My fault, I should be more careful.

Years ago every deaf kid was fitted with aids, even when as in my nephews case he is a Total who dosnt have the equiptment to hear due to birth accident, he had the huge aids with a massive box, he wore it around his chest first and than his waist when he got older, he wore it because everyone did at his deaf school but when he moved from the school at leeds to the NRCSD he realised that not all deaf kids were weighed down with them and he hasnt used once since.

Totals are without speech, other deaf people are like me and have very "flat" voices because they have heard no depth to speech which makes them hard to understand and unless a child of this age have similar comunication problems they wont get DLA unless the parents get online and read about how to be awarded DLA so that they can fit the form to the child instead of the other way round, we see it here and on other disability/benefit forums all the time.

I have no really useful hearing now and I dont get knocked down, I know I cant hear traffic so Im very, very careful crossing roads and in carparks, Im much more in danger due to being in a wheelchair than I am as deaf, I regularly get reversed into in car parks because I am waist height and people dont look that low.