Advice for father of child with congenital severe sensorineural hearing loss?

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Dear Colleagues,

 

Please see the mail, below, from Rahul N. Sanghavi

<kunalsanghavi. Rahul lives in India. His son has

been diagnosed with congenital severe sensorineural hearing loss

 

What advice would you give his father? If you can help, please

email, or call the boy's father, with a copy of your advice to the

List.

 

Many thanks,

Phil

 

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Hi Rahul,

 

Veer's medical problem is beyond my expertise. I have passed

your mail to some professional lists[acupuncture and herbs] and I

hope that some colleagues on the lists may be able to advise you

on the best course to take.

 

I send my blessing to your son, to you, and your family,

God be with you,

Phil

 

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Rahul N. Sanghavi <kunalsanghavi, the boy's

father, wrote:

 

My son, Veer, cannot hear with either his ears since birth. An

acupuncturist informed us that it is an imbalance of Yin and Yang

and that the positive energies in Veer's kidneys are zero.

 

Veer, born January 25, 2001, is an active 22 months old child with

a cheerful disposition.

 

Had no infection in the ear since birth. Not a single health problem

nor any disease. Hearing loss is not hereditary in Veer's case as

there is no such history on either his parents' sides.

 

His mother had no complications whatsoever neither a fever nor

cold/flu during pregnancy and child-birth also normal.

 

We (Veer's parents) realized he could not hear when his teachers

at the nursery school informed that he does not respond when his

name is called out.

 

Veer turns his head at loud noise like door bangs, wind chimes,

loud whistle and gets startled when any object falls with a noise.

 

Due to hearing loss he has not developed any speech like a child

of his age should.

 

He is currently using an hearing aid and also attends regular

speech therapy sessions, which we feel is not showing much

difference. His hearing is at 110 dB as per the latest BERA test.

 

Allopathic doctors in India conclude that his problem is severe

sensorineural hearing loss. They have advised to go in for a

Cochlear Implantation, which we would like to use as a last option

if nothing else works.

 

Kindly advise me:

 

Whether Veer can be treated by Acupuncture. Preferably without

the use of needle.

 

How much chance do we have that he can start hearing and can

lead a life like any other child his age?

 

How much time would the treatment take?

 

Has such a case been treated earlier successfully? Please provide

a reference.

 

If the problem is with his kidney energies, what test should we go

in for?

 

We await your advice. Do inform us you require any more details

on Veer. Thank you, Best regards, Rahul N. Sanghavi, Off Tel : +91

22 2570 0392, Off Fax : +91 22 5692 0910 / 2570 1110, Mobile :

+91 98200 42336

 

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