Brett went for his sedated ABR test today. The last two behavioral hearing tests have not shown good results especially in the left ear, so to be sure, they did this test today. The test took 3 hours and he laid on my chest on his back the whole time. I had to be careful not to move as this messes up the test and the ear tubes can come out. This test sends sounds through the inner ear to the brainstem. He is hooked up with electrodes on his head and ears. This measures the brain activity as the sounds are emitted. Much too complicated for me.
Anyway, his right ear shows normal hearing. The left ears shows some mild hearing loss especially in the high frequency sounds. Since his right ear is so good, they think that he will be able to compensate for the hearing loss in the left ear without hearing aids. We are so happy about his results. He will continue speech therapy and hopefully everything else will develop normally! Thank you Lord!!
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