My son was born with TCS 10 years ago, It has been a long hard battle with the hearing aids. He know wheres is hearing aids with no problem. Last summer he had a four part surgery that reconstructed his ears there not the best but they are better than what he had. He is still going trew speech theapry but he is doing so much better. We have to buy new hearing aids once a year but as he gets older I hope its not so often. Good luck to you and your child and If you would like you can contact me anytime at kristie.perry@gateway.net and I can share more stories with you.