Audrena got her hearing aids on Tuesday! She had an appointment at USD with our much-loved Dr. M. We are excited to say that she does not touch the hearing aids at all, and we have been able to determine that she is getting some benefit from them! Now, keep in mind that with a profound hearing loss, she is not getting any useable sound from them. As Dr. M. explained, it's like giving her 3 or 4 pieces of a 100 piece puzzle. The bits and pieces she is getting are of no real benefit to her aside from providing stimulation to her auditory nerve. It's important to get sound to that nerve because it's kind of like a muscle, in that if it's not stimulated it will atrophy over time. So although Audrena still does not hear us talk, we have seen her dance to small bits and pieces of loud music (at Texas Roadhouse over dinner), and she does not like the feedback that the hearing aids create when she tries to lay her head on our shoulders. We have determined that it is in fact the noise, and not the feeling of the hearing aid on her ear, because if we turn the hearing aid off she will lay her head down and rest there.
Doesn't Audrena look adorable with them? (I apologize for the poor quality cell phone photos.)
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| She got to have lunch at McDonald's to celebrate. Audrena picked pink for one ear mold. |
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| Daddy picked orange for the other ear mold because he knew Reyana would like it! Dr. M. picked out the zebra print hearing aids. This is Audrena waiting for her lunch at Perkins after a full morning of appointments, which I'll talk about in the next post. |
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