Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Mister Hearing

 Yesterday afternoon Mister had a follow up appointment after he had his tubes put in place. Well we both had an after surgeyr follow up but this is about him. He finally did alright with the pressure test and now finally both ears have equla and normal pressure in both!! They also attempted a hearing test on him, which he failed miserably actually. I figured he would actually not because I think he is deaf but because I know my son. The audiologist decided to put the ear phones on him and do a test, which caused him to freeze because it was something new. She put the goggles on him and he froze because he didn't know what to think of this something new on his head. He just literally froze, besides from his chest moving up and down from breathing he was totally utterly motionless. This is classic Mister style, when something new happens he freezes completely, he does this with anything new in his life. I am not sure why but I knew this would happen and so I knew he would fail this little test. The audiologist said if the other doctor was there (he was out taking care of the massive storm damage, not sure if you heard about the outbreak we had down here...) they would try the booth hearing test with the cute light up movement bears and things, called hearing play I guess. Now Mister has done this before at a different place and failed and so I am assuming he would fail again this time because that is classic Mister style.
 When we saw our wonderful ENT he checked his ears throughouly and declared his tubes an utter success and he could see clearly and both ears looked great! That was wonderful news but now we have to wait a month before coming back and doing a major hearing test on Mister. This major test will most liekly give us what we need to know about his hear, if he hears and to what degree he hears, which in turn will help us to go further on his speech theraphy. The Otoacoustic emission test is a simple test which a small something will be placed in his ears and it will record and measure how the tiny hairs in his ears are moving in response to sounds and tones. It's non-invasive and shouldn't bother Mister much at all. This test is preformed without his participation at all so he really cannot mess it up unless he is super cranky and won't be good to let it happen that day. His appointment is the day before Ladybug's birthday in the morning, a whole month's wait... I hate waiting...I think we have waited enough for real solid results on his hearing but what can I do besides complain to myself about it.
 So I am nervous and worried and hopeful all at the same time about this major real final yes/yes and what degree he can hear test next month. I hope he can hear and if he can hear than why is he choosing to make us all think he is nearly deaf? Why does he not speak? side note here, he has been saying a few new things recently and this is a huge step!! still will not say mommy but he is forming new sounds and said a few new things!!!  So this is where we are right now in time with Mister and his hearing/speech

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