half deaf, part three
a couple weeks ago we had clem's hearing tested (age3).
the first test was subjective.she was instructed to hold a wooden block to her ear, and upon hearing the beep, place the block in the basket. the instructor got frustrated with her when she did not succeed at this test. she was not following the directions, she was old enough to understand the game... why wouldnt she do it?
we were sent home and asked to practice. she was very excited about the game.we made a beep sound while hiding our mouths, she eagerly dropped the block in the basket. we played often for about a half an hour.
we went back today for another test. again, clem was unresponsive to the electronic sound. the teacher again got frustrated. why was she not following through. she asked if clem had been tested for short term memory issues. i said she seemed to be okay in the short term memory, maybe she cant hear the high frequency sounds....
she said:
without hearing high frequencies and without any hearing in her right ear, she would be unable to discriminate sounds, unable to form words....
well isnt that why we were there? she cant get a grasp on language. i think she isnt hearing much at all.
now we are beginning a long long journey to discover how much hearing she has and how we can help. i am so eager to figure this out, but for now, i am in the waiting game.
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Well lots of vibes in your direction then. Its amazing how the so called experts are less expert usually than us non-expert moms. Or, they are the experts in their field, but we are the experts on our kids.
Trying to get young kids to comply with testing is a bitch even when they know it and it's easy and they can do it and they like it, getting a real answer, harder.
There are hearing tests which measure brain waves, and are absolute, rather than the subjective hand-raising. I've taken one, but I don't know how widely available they are--and it was when I was in high school on a field trip at the CU-Denver Medical School. It may have been a prototype device. Can you do a little digging to see if such a test is available to you?
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we are beginning the process... she is in line for a brain wave/hearing test in which she needs to be sedated. hopefully that will help answer some questions.