Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Pictures and hearing updates

On Friday I took Chloe in for her hearing evaluation. It appears that we'll be doing this every 2 - 3 months for a while. Chloe's attention span and age has a lot to do with it at this point. She gets restless and then we are basically done for the day. If we force it, we won't get good data and she will learn to hate it. So that means we stop when she wants to stop. We did find that she's more relaxed with the tests if mama puts all the things in her ears not the audiologist or the student working with us. The audiologist we are seeing is great about this and gave me the crash course in how to do things the right way. She is very willing to make this as easy on Chloe as possible and to make it a positive experience for her. It helps that our audiologist has a son who was born with hearing problems so she completely understands. This is a big help to both Chloe and me. And for some reason it makes me trust her more.

We were able to get baseline data on Chloe's left ear, the ear we know there are problems with. This is a good starting point. We'll go back in September and try to get the same type of baseline on the right ear. The test Chloe has during surgery test groups of tones together, the tests we are doing now breaks each and every tone out so we really know what's going on. As of right now -- based on just this one evaluation -- Chloe is borderline for needing a hearing aide in her left ear. But, it's way too early in the process to know for sure. We also don't know yet if her hearing loss is conductive or neurological -- that will be determined with more testing. However, it really doesn't matter what type of hearing loss she has -- the treatment for both right now would be the same -- wait and see. So we are continuing on with our summer and not worrying about this or anything else for the time being. We are spending lots of time in the pool and at the zoo. These are our two favorite things to do. And the girls don't know it yet but mama ordered them a new and bigger pool. I'm sure I'll be regretting that when the water bill comes. :) But seeing the smiles and giggles will make it all worth it.


6 comments:

Pam said...

test

Pam said...

Okay, so that last comment was me testing whether or not I could actually leave a comment. I've been using a laptop instead of my usual computer ever since I had surgery in March, and for some reason, the laptop was not letting me leave comments on blogs which has been frustrating. Everyone probably thinks I'm not keeping up even though I am. So I thought I'd try again, and not wanted to leave a long message and then have it not show up, I just tried a test run. Well, lo and behold, it worked. So apparently now I CAN comment on blogs. Anyhoo, none of that really matters. What matters is that your girls are just precious, and I love seeing pictures of them and hearing about their development. Sounds like you are having a wonderful summer. We are, too. I'm going to get better about posting on my own blog. Really. I am.

Pam said...

*not wanting (instead of wanted)

Now that I know I can leave comments, I think I'll just keep finding excuses to do so even if it's to correct grammar.

Melissa said...

It looks like you guys have an awesome zoo there. I am jealous. The Central Fla. zoo leaves a lot to be desired and Animal Kingdom is always crazy. I love the new pics of your water babies!

Lesa said...

Love your Zoo!! I know my kiddos would love the Polar Bear!
The girls are getting bigger and even cuter. Not that they weren't cute before. ha

Dana said...

Love all the new pictures! Your girls are so cute I could just squeeze them through the screen:) I saw your message on my blog. We are moving to New York! Niagara Falls area, not sure of exact neigborhood yet. How far is that from you? Would love to meet up with your adorable family sometime.