Hearing Impaired Children

Hi there
I have been searching high and low for a forum of other parents with hearing impaired children, but can't seem to find one in New Zealand (plenty overseas, but I would prefer a more local one).

Our 15 month old has recently been diagnosed with Severe to Profound deafness. It was a huge shock to us and she has been recently fitted with hearing aids. That in itself is a challange as being an over-active 15 month old, she just loves yanking them out at every opportunity!

The Docs are giving her 3 months max with the aids and if she is not achieving enough in terms of being able to hear speech, we will be looking at cochlear inplants.

It's still early days with the aids of course and she is having to 'learn' to listen and use her ears as she has never had it before!

I would love to get to know other parents going through a similar thing or have been through a similar thing as it's a pretty daunting road ahead and I am sure we can all use as much support as we can.