What a week!
What a week! We started out with a whole day at the university hospital for Ainsley's sedated hearing test--we were there from 9 am-1 pm and then saw her thyroid specialist and wrapped up with seeing our favorite audiologist, Shea!
Ainsley had to fast before her test, she is munching on her baby doll's hair--she was hungry!
Here is Ainsley prior to sedation--all smiles!
We had to wait SO long, so she took a little nap!
Finally-test time! Her vitals looked great during the test because she didn't have a cold like she did during the winter time tests.
A close up of our sleeping beauty. We've got many questions about this hearing test--they put the sound in her ears via the wires and they monitor how her brain responds to sound.
Post test--recovering from the sedation. She woke up after 45 min, took a bottle and went back to sleep. They gave us the results right away. She still has hearing loss in her right ear at the higher frequencies and a slight loss in her left ear. We got mixed results on what do to--some recommended aids for both ears--all agreed aids for the right ear. So we are moving forward with the right and holding on the left and will re-test in January to see if the hearing loss continues to decline or finally stabilize.
We have a resilient baby!! Here is Ainsley in the waiting room at the Hearing Aid Clinic just 2 hours later waiting to see our audiologist, Shea. We were SO relieved we got to see her same day and get her advice, she is AMAZING. I trust her advice and she was comfortable waiting until January to make a decision about the left ear, so in turn I felt comfortable too!
After a long day at the hospital we came home to FAMILY! Here is Ainsley with her cousin, Ava! Ava loves playing with Ainsley.
Papa Bob with his granddaughters!
Ainsley had to fast before her test, she is munching on her baby doll's hair--she was hungry!
Here is Ainsley prior to sedation--all smiles!
We had to wait SO long, so she took a little nap!
Finally-test time! Her vitals looked great during the test because she didn't have a cold like she did during the winter time tests.
A close up of our sleeping beauty. We've got many questions about this hearing test--they put the sound in her ears via the wires and they monitor how her brain responds to sound.
Post test--recovering from the sedation. She woke up after 45 min, took a bottle and went back to sleep. They gave us the results right away. She still has hearing loss in her right ear at the higher frequencies and a slight loss in her left ear. We got mixed results on what do to--some recommended aids for both ears--all agreed aids for the right ear. So we are moving forward with the right and holding on the left and will re-test in January to see if the hearing loss continues to decline or finally stabilize.
We have a resilient baby!! Here is Ainsley in the waiting room at the Hearing Aid Clinic just 2 hours later waiting to see our audiologist, Shea. We were SO relieved we got to see her same day and get her advice, she is AMAZING. I trust her advice and she was comfortable waiting until January to make a decision about the left ear, so in turn I felt comfortable too!
After a long day at the hospital we came home to FAMILY! Here is Ainsley with her cousin, Ava! Ava loves playing with Ainsley.Papa Bob with his granddaughters!
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