Mother's tenderness is the darkest light she has ever seen, and she still treats people with light.
Yi Yi, who had congenital hearing loss, participated in the school's "Salute to the National Flag" speech contest in the first grade and won the first prize.
Yi Yi's mother said: "Yi Yi won the award, I am not particularly surprised. Because this is the result of continuous efforts, the award is expected. From the moment he decided to register, Yi Yi actively "prepared for the battle". "To do anything, as long as it is decided to do it, you must be fully committed and do your best to do it well." Writing, memorizing, expressing emotions, practicing repeatedly... One point of hard work, one point of harvest.
In fact, Yiyi's wonderful life is inseparable from her mother's continuous efforts.
Early detection: congenital hearing loss
On November 11, 2012, Yi Yi was born, and the whole family was immersed in joy before they returned to God, and they got a not-so-good news - the newborn hearing screening did not pass 72 hours after birth. At that time, the whole family did not take it too seriously, because no one in the whole family suffered from congenital hearing loss, and everyone thought that the child might be too young and the hearing screening was not accurate.
However, a month later, Yi Yi conducted a hearing review again, and the results still did not pass. At this time, the family's heart hung up.
When Yi Yi was 3 months old, he underwent a second hearing examination at Beijing Tongren Hospital and was unfortunately diagnosed with large vestibular water duct syndrome, which is a type of congenital hearing loss. At that time, Yiyi still had some residual hearing, the left ear could hear low frequencies of 50-60 decibels, high frequencies of 70-90 decibels; the right ear could hear low frequencies of 80-90 decibels, high frequencies of 100-120 decibels.
After the diagnosis, the family did not complain too much and tangled up, and soon put on a hearing aid for YiYi. At that time, the child was very young, and the rehabilitation course was mainly to establish the awareness of listening, so that the child could respond to the sound, exercise the child to concentrate on listening to the small sound, and understand the composition of the sound.
According to Yiyi's mother, some parents are reluctant to face the fact that their children suffer from hearing loss, and they are lucky, and they will not let their children wear hearing aids at the first time, and some parents let their children wear hearing aids only when they are at home for a while, and take them off as soon as they go out. In this regard, Yiyi's mother has different opinions, she said: "Children 0-3 years old, almost every month there are changes, before the age of three is the golden period of speech development, if you miss, it is difficult to make up for it in the future." ”
For Yi Yi, who suffers from large vestibular catheter syndrome, as the child grows, the residual hearing will fluctuate repeatedly, and the overall trend will be downward. So what should the child do when the hearing loss reaches the point where the hearing aid cannot be compensated? This became a knot in YiYi's mother's heart.
Early intervention: Cochlear implants to make speech clearer
Knowing that when hearing aids cannot compensate for hearing and need to be intervened by cochlear implant surgery, when will the child have cochlear surgery? This problem was again placed in front of Yi Yi's mother.
One view is that "the sooner the better" and does not delay the child's speech development; the other view is to "see if it affects daily communication", which can be done when the degree of hearing loss is severe.
When Yi Yi was 1 and a half years old, his family went to Houston Medical Center in the United States to consult a professional otologist. After synthesizing the opinions of authoritative experts at home and abroad, under the advice of doctors, Yiyi will regularly do a hearing test every 3 months. Parents are well prepared to have their child's hearing loss severe or more, and as soon as she is examined, they will perform cochlear implant surgery on her.
Yi Yi, about two years old, many words are still vague, pronunciation is not standard, and children of the same age can already say simple phrases or sentences compared, Yi Yi mother is somewhat anxious, but also the cochlear implant recognition is higher: first, in terms of improving the child's speech clarity, cochlear implants have advantages over hearing aids; second, the hearing trend of patients in the large vestibule is declining, if you wait until you can't hear it at all and then do cochlear implants, you miss the child's best speech development period.
Once YiYi had a small accident, bumped into the head, resulting in hearing fluctuations, Yiyi's mother decided to let the child have a cochlear implant as soon as possible. In that year, Yiyi's parents visited each cochlear implant company one by one and studied each product carefully. Finally, on June 18, 2015, Yi Yi performed a right cochlear implant surgery by Professor Dai Pu at the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army of Chinese, and implanted the CI512 implant of Cochlear Australia.
Recalling the reason for choosing Cochlear cochlear implants in Australia, Yi Yi's mother said: "In fact, the reason is very simple, Cochlear's global market share is the first in the world, which means that the quality is guaranteed, domestic and foreign after-sales convenience and so on. ”
The operation is in June, the sky is like a fireball of the sun, outside the operating room are eager and anxious parents, and the operating room is experienced and skilled surgeons.
When Yi Yi was pushed out of the operating room, he was still a little confused. Professor Dai Pu described the entire operation to the family in detail, and finally concluded that "the operation was successful". The 6 hours after the operation are difficult because the child needs a process from general anesthesia to wakefulness, the child is always crying and thirsty, and the parents use cotton swabs dipped in water to wet her lips. After one night, Yiyi's spirit improved significantly the next day. When she was discharged from the hospital, Yi Yi jumped around in the corridor of the hospital, and Yi Yi's mother was still deeply impressed.
Early recovery: develop auditory attention
Surgery does not mean that everything is fine, and we must take postoperative rehabilitation seriously. 1 month after the operation, Yiyi's cochlear implant was turned on, because she had worn hearing aids before and had done rehabilitation training, after booting, Yiyi quickly adapted to the new hearing environment.
Three months after the cochlear implant was turned on, Yiyi's pronunciation clarity was significantly improved. The listening of subtle sounds is also greatly improved, and the sound of 10 decibels can be heard, which is probably the sound of the watch's second hand moving. In noisy environments, compared with the previous simple wearing of hearing aids, there is no response, and now effective feedback is obtained after cochlear implantation, and binaural listening is better at sound localization. Yi Yi's mother said: "Looking back now, it was a good decision to do cochlear implants at that time! If possible, I might even have my kids do it six months or a year earlier. ”
Half a year later, Yi Yi, like children of the same age, walked into the ordinary kindergarten. YiYi's mother actively communicates with the head of the kindergarten and the teacher about the child's situation, introduces the child's use of cochlear implants, frankly explains her bottom line, emphasizes the importance of cochlear implants to children, children rely on cochlear to hear clearly, and also express their worries, afraid that other children will be curious. Under the joint and correct guidance of Yiyi's mother and teachers, Yiyi's mother successfully spent three years in kindergarten and made several "dead parties".
After going to primary school, Yiyi's mother took the initiative to communicate with the teacher on the one hand, and on the other hand, she also established a positive psychological construction for Yiyi to help the child make a smooth and smooth transition.
From the beginning, it was found that the child had hearing loss, felt that the sky was falling, did not want to believe, and was very painful in the heart; after that, the parents became strong and built a long protective line for the child; finally, the cochlear implant was done for the child, the child was plugged in with the wings of listening, and the child was accompanied by the child to calmly cope with the various problems of life.
Along the way, all the way to the scenery, everything is worth it, is the best life experience of Yi Yi and Yi Yi's mother at this stage.