The results from D's hearing test were mixed. Delyn HATES doctors. He is a little bit partial to female doctors, but even they have a hard time looking in his ears, listening to his heart, etc. At one point, it took the doc, two nurses, and myself to hold him down and keep his head still so the doc could look into his ears to make sure there was no fluid, etc.
The hearing test took place in this booth-like room. There were speakers in each corner, and there were little light boxes that contained a toy in each corner as well. When there were certain noises, the box lit up and the toy rattled and made a noise. I sat in the booth with Delyn in my lap while the nurse administering the test worked the controls and monitored how Delyn noticed the noises. The times when the box lit up, he turned and looked towards the sound. However, there were other times (it seemed to be at low frequencies, but what the hell do I know), where Delyn didn't react at all. Does this mean he has a hearing problem? Hell if I know. The results came back as "iffy", and so we scheudled an ABR. Delyn wasn't very cooperative during the test. He kept wanting to get down, and he was very squirmy. D doesn't like to be contained. :) From what I'm reading online, this test is very reliable in children with development delays, and at least we'll know for sure afterwards if a hearing problem may be at the root of D's problems. One drawback to this test is that they have to sedate the child. I've been instructed to keep him up late the night before, and try to bring him in very tired so he'll have an easier time. I'm still not sure how the technology works in order for them to test his hearing while he's asleep, so I'll have to research that a little more.
The earliest opening they had was in late October. I had hoped to have a final decision on his hearing before our appointment at CLI, but that's the way it goes, I guess!
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