Li-Li and Sammi at the gym
Sammi and Li-Li have just started gymnastics together under Melinda’s instruction! I should have had my iphone camera going throughout — missed the swinging from ropes into the pit, … Read more »
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Li-Li and Sammi at the gym
Sammi and Li-Li have just started gymnastics together under Melinda’s instruction! I should have had my iphone camera going throughout — missed the swinging from ropes into the pit, flipping around on the rings and across the balancing bar. But you do get to see Li-Li and Sammi’s wonderful TLC teacher Jorie (signing), who stopped by with gymnast daughter Abby (leaping from the rafters).
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We think something is interfering with Li-Li’s cochlear implant reception. Something very furry.
Update from Laurie, Li-Li’s SLP at TLC:
Wow! Li-Li is doing great!!! She is using sentences of 4-5 words pretty consistently now. I heard these sentences recently: “Look, I ha(ve) brown shoes” “LI-Li has purple glasses …
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
One particular point I noted in Li-Li’s most recent audiological testing: word recognition at 88% with both processors on (booth testing in quiet at 48 db), and with her newest (left) processor alone. We’ve …
Communication Update from Laurie:
I first need to apologize for not emailing you more often with updates. But I wanted you to know that Li-Li is doing soooo well! Her language is really taking off and …
REPORT OF AUDIOLOGIC EVALUATION
HISTORY: Anna Li (“Li-Li”) Quinn, age 3 years, was seen today for audiologic testing with her cochlear implants. Li-Li has a severe to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss identified at 13 months …
Cochlear Implant Programming Report
Audiologist: Melanie Buhr-Lawler, Au.D., CCC-A
DEVICE INFORMATION:
Implant model: Nucleus Freedom CI24RE
(CA)
Speech processor in use: Freedom BTE
Ear/date of initial stimulation: Right (0125/07) , Left (9/16/08)
CURRENT SERVICES:
School program: The Learing Center for the Deaf, auditory …
Measured against Li-Li’s IEP goals, following is her second progress report:
Goal # 1 — Specific Goal Focus: Receptive Spoken English
Current Performance Level: What can the student currently do?
Li-Li has a growing stock of spoken English …
Communication Update from Laurie
Li-Li and I have had a good time getting reacquainted this month. She is adorable and very cooperative and engaged during our sessions. I just wanted to let you know that you …
DEVICE INFORMATION:
Implant model: Nucleus Freedom CI24RE(CA)
Speech processor in use: Freedom BTE
Ear/date of initial stimulation: Right (10/25/07), Left (9/16/08)
CURRENT SERVICES:
School program: The Learing Center for the Deaf, auditory access preschool program
Aural rehabilitation: Laurie Wallace, SLP 3X/Wk
OBSERVATIONS …
Li-Li and Sammi at the gym
Sammi and Li-Li have just started gymnastics together under Melinda’s instruction! I should have had my iphone camera going throughout — missed the swinging from ropes into the pit, … Read more »
Li-Li and Sammi at the gym
Sammi and Li-Li have just started gymnastics together under Melinda’s instruction! I should have had my iphone camera going throughout — missed the swinging from ropes into the pit, … Read more »
