Pink & sparkley!

Today we made the decision to move forward with Ainsley's hearing aid for her right ear. After receiving conflicting info from two different specialists--we met with the staff audiologist in the Hearing Aid Center at our university hospital. Shea has her master's and doctoral degree in audiology and explained some studies and the benefits of having a hearing aid for A's right ear despite her fully functioning left ear. She took a lot of time to explain our options and we trusted her opinion!


Ryan and I were still confused after learning all of this new info and then Shea plotted Ainsley's results on the computer and played us a "normal" hearing example and then Ainsley's right ear sample of the same conversation and I immediately teared up...the clear conversation transitioned to mumbled, gargled, soft sounds. That did it for us--we immediately said yes! And got A fitted!

Checking her ears to make sure the tubes are still in!


Taking an impression of her ear...


We picked out a pink hearing aid (she'll have this for 3-5 years) and the ear piece she will get up-dated regularly (we got pink and silver sparkles for this)!


Off to get blood drawn--every 6 months A does this to check her thyroid levels.
Today they drew from her arm instead of her foot--which she hates just as much, but she recovers quickly.

Our little trooper!!