My bone-anchored hearing aid and school

SUBTITLES AVAILABLE - turn on the CC button in the bottom right-hand corner of the video. 17 year-old Katie tells us why she decided to get a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) when she was in year nine at school. Sign up to our website to find out more about BAHAs: www.ndcs.org.uk...
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[@davidajholme]

Truly inspirational.

[@MissyDcherrydaisypie25]

We have a little boy with microtia/atresia and goldenhar syndrome . Today we received word we had been denied a BAHA for our son

[@markzanger6514]

I have a bad conductive hearing loss in my right ear. I have the same problem and I wear hearing aids

[@londoner1013]

Hi Katie, so was your unilateral hearing loss first diagnosed at year 5? Our son was diagnosed at birth and is in reception now. (5 yrs old) The general line from the audiologists seem to be he should be able to get through life unaided. He seem to be doing well so far in that environment with no aid but as ever we wonder if he would be doing even better if aided with something like CROS. We suspect it will become more of an issue as he gets older. Interested to hear our experiences through these ages up to 17.

[@NationalDeafChildrensSociety]

Raj Patel Katie was diagnosed as a baby - she just didn't get her bone-anchored hearing aid until year 5. If you would like to talk to someone about your son's hearing loss our Helpline would love to speak to you and can put you in touch with our audiologist. You can call them on 0808 800 8880, email them at [e-mail] or speak to them online via our live chat facility: www.ndcs.org.uk/family_support/how_ndcs_can_help/support_and_advice/index.html