Looking for advice
My daughter is 2yrs old and has had hearing aids since she was about 8months. She failed the routine hearing test after she was born, and the doctors did several repeat tests within the first few months, all of which she failed. Its been a rocky road with getting her to actually tolerate wearing the HAs, but she's finally starting to go close to 9 hours daily with them on.
What I'm looking for advice on is her speech. She's been followed by not only audiology, but also speech therapy, her entire life. Now, I'm fully aware that her speech is going to be delayed due to her hearing, and I'm okay with that. The struggle is with her speech therapy.
Now, I by no means expect my kid to talk in full scentances for atleast another year, but I'm at a loss on how I can help her learn more words and sounds.
Whenever, we go to ST or try to do activities at home to practice sounds, she completely refuses to participate. We started with things like simple animal noises 'moo, bah, meow,' etc. But no matter what we try, she won't make a single sound. Even just during daily life, she's so reluctant to speak that she's started to pick up ASL from some of the shows she watches, and has started teaching them to us instead of trying to use her words.
Idk, I'm just at a loss. I'm hoping that there might be some parents on here that have/have had similar situations, that might be able to give some advice.