Order the Charity Book "I Don't Believe My Ears" Today!

The charity book project, I Don’t Believe My Ears, is finally completed after several months of assembling it together. Val Blakely from Cochlear Kids and Rachel Chaikof from Cochlear Implant Online would very much like to thank all these contributors who submitted wonderful and humorous stories:

Me :) at Chronicles of a Bionic Woman
Amy Kwilinski at CochlearImplant.net and Auditory Verbal Parents
Ann Lovell
Beverly Spenser
Diane Beltrami
Jodi Cutler Del Dottore at An American Mom in Tuscany
Kara Hendrick
Kim Larsen at The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community
Kimberly Pendley at Can you hear me?
Leaf Leafler at Say What?
Leslie Hine at The Hine Family Est. 1996
Liz Hupp
Melissa Chaikof at Auditory Verbal Parents and Cochlear Implant Online
Melissa Krilosky at Our Journey to the Hearing World
Samantha Trueblood
Val Blakely at Cochlear Kids
Vicki

All proceeds will go to Deafness Research Foundation, a non-profit organization 501(c)(3) that works to fund research to help those living with hearing loss and balance disorders, and on programs to raise awareness of potential causes to protect those at risk.

Go order one today and help create a difference for today’s generation and the future generation of deaf people and have some good laughs!

Children's Cochlear Implant Books

There has been a recent surge in the publishing industry when it comes to children's books that talk about cochlear implants and I wanted to share! You can order the books by clicking on the pictures and the best part is that they all cost less then a 1/4 of a tank of gas. :) I have to say that I'm digging the title of the first book for the obvious reason :) And no I had nothing to do with it. The only book that I have read and highly suggest is Rally Caps which I have purchased some time ago and donated to the my local library because I wanted to share it with others. I am planning on doing the same with the others because the more the merrier!

Abby Gets A Cochlear Implant
Written by Maureen Cassidy Riski, Au.D., Audiologist

This book illustrates the process of how Abby gets a cochlear implant. The story shows that Abby has a hearing loss wears purple hearing aids, has a progressive hearing loss, and her family chooses a cochlear implant. The story goes on to describe hearing testing, an introduction to cochlear implants, and the steps a family would take to explore this option of habilitation for their child who has a hearing loss...

Rally Caps
Written by Stephen J. Cutler and Jodi Cutler Del Dottore
Now available in English and Italian!

RALLY CAPS is a humorous, fun-filled baseball and camp story. Ten year old Jordan is injured in an unfortunate and frightening accident while trying out for the Little League Travel team. Recovery is difficult. At summer camp he struggles to conquer his anxiety and fear in order to return to his beloved game of baseball. He forms a friendship with a deaf Italian boy, Luca, who wears a cochlear implant. Luca’s compelling positive nothing is impossible attitude, along with the inspiration he draws from his idol, Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., gives Jordan the courage to return to baseball with a passion. Find out what happens as “Rally Caps” are raised in the bottom of the final inning in the biggest game of Jordan’s life. Boys and girls alike will enjoy this touching story of persevering through difficult times.

Ellie’s Ears
Written by Elizabeth Boschini
Illustrated by Rachel Chaikof

The story of a deaf girl who listens and speaks with the help of her cochlear implants! Today’s children with hearing loss may surprise you! With the help of cochlear implants, digital hearing aids, and specialized instruction in listening and spoken language, deaf children can learn to listen and speak, just like their hearing peers. According to the University of Michigan, over 100,000 people have received cochlear implants in the past 20 years. Children with hearing impairment, however, are rarely represented in children’s literature and cochlear implant technology is widely misunderstood.

My Brother John
Written by: Joanne Zellweger
Illustrated by: Andy Elliott

Release Data: May 2008
Pre-order your copy here!

It's fun, humorous and shows a day's adventure of a brother and sister.Her brother John is deaf and wears a hearing aid and cochlear implant.

I'm All Ears
Written by: Val Blakely and Tamara D. Harrison

This book is written by a resident blogger and a mother of two children that have cochlear implants, Val Blakely along with Tamara Harrison who is a speech-language pathologist that have taught her son Gage and her daughter Brooke how to speak. This is a personal account from a mothers perspective of what it is like to discover that your children have a hearing loss. I just ordered my book and I can't wait!