The doc said that when one of Abby's ears reaches a 70 decible loss across all frequencies, that is when they want to look into cochlear implants. As you can see, she doesn't have much farther to go in her left ear, (represented by an 0 which should really be labeled X - my bad) and considering her ears have changed so drastically in a six month period, I have a feeling that CI's are in the not too distant future for Abby. We are okay with this, and actually look forward to the benefits that CIs can give our kids when the time is right.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
School Update
Abby is doing well in school, and she really likes it. The teacher's say she acts as though she's been in school for a long time, so I'm grateful that she's adjusted so easily. Her speech has actually noticably improved also. She attempts more three and four word phrases, but only when prompted, and she's gaining more speech sounds and adding a lot more endings to words. I can tell she's still not comprehending everything she hears though. However, with her recent hearing drop in her left ear, which Dr. Bauer called a "dropped like a rock" change, she's obviously not hearing very well right now. We are getting both Abby and Carter's hearing aids adjusted on Tuesday, so I'm excited to see how they respond.
The doc said that when one of Abby's ears reaches a 70 decible loss across all frequencies, that is when they want to look into cochlear implants. As you can see, she doesn't have much farther to go in her left ear, (represented by an 0 which should really be labeled X - my bad) and considering her ears have changed so drastically in a six month period, I have a feeling that CI's are in the not too distant future for Abby. We are okay with this, and actually look forward to the benefits that CIs can give our kids when the time is right.
The doc said that when one of Abby's ears reaches a 70 decible loss across all frequencies, that is when they want to look into cochlear implants. As you can see, she doesn't have much farther to go in her left ear, (represented by an 0 which should really be labeled X - my bad) and considering her ears have changed so drastically in a six month period, I have a feeling that CI's are in the not too distant future for Abby. We are okay with this, and actually look forward to the benefits that CIs can give our kids when the time is right.
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I'm glad that she is enjoying school. Not everyone adjusts to school so fast. I have had several criers when I taught 2nd or even now in third.
She is such a people person I'm not surprised. Keep us posted on the CI stuff--it does look sooner rather than later.
Her audiogram looks very similar to Trey's right before he got his CI. His right ear is holding steady between 40 and 70, so we're not quite ready for implant #2, but I have a feeling at some point he'll be there (for better or worse-LOL). I felt like we were always just waiting for the next big drop with all 4 kids....
You have a great attitude regarding hearing loss, and the possibility of an implant :)
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