For the first 8 monthes of Lalo's life he had many ear infections. At 9 months
we had the tubes put in and since then he has not had any.Like I said before we
recently took him to have the ABR test done at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
and were told he had the mild/moderate hearing loss.In California infants and
toddlers who have disibilities or learnig delays get referred to the California
Early Start Program. My son will be seen by a infant teacher once a month for
speech therapy and to be taught sign. Does any one use signs at home? And how do
you feel about it? Because they say Marshall Syndrome causes progressive vision
and hearing loss I think it would be good to have other ways of communication
taught early. Has anyone felt that their vision or hearing loss has definitly
decreassed as they got older because of the syndrome? And I would love to see
more pictures of everyone, I hope that one day my son will have friends and
people he can relate to with this syndrome. I know it isn't really common so i
want him to have as much support as he can. These days the kids are on the
internet so young i hope he will make life long friends through this support
group. If there is anyone in California, i put the Early Start web page in the
links to the left of the page if it can help out any, and for those of you not
in cali., I hope that where you live they might offer the same resources. Maybe
the page can help you as well. Michel Aranda