Grayson's Hearing Aids :)

Today me, Zak and Grayson went to the Audiologist to pick up Grayson's hearing aids and get a lesson on how to put them in, take them apart, clean them...etc.

It's a little more difficult than you originally think, but I know we will be pro's at it :)

I love Grayson's Audiologist, she is so sweet and super informative, we got very lucky.

A few weeks ago, I went in with Grayson for an awake hearing screen and to get molds made of his inner ears and chose a color of the outer part of the hearing aid.

Some good news came from that appointment -Grayson's hearing loss this time showed only Mild to Moderate, where as the two he had while he was sedated that showed he Auditory Brain Response showed Moderate to Sever --- to we moved up a notch...at least so it shows with him being awake.

They think the reason why the first two were moderate to severe was because one of the tubes in his ears that he had put in to drain fluid, was closed up due to blockage of debris ---and we found this to be true with a visit to the ENT, so he gave us some drops and went back in, tube opened up and did an awake hearing screen and the results were better ---so I think the awake hearing screen showed the true results.

Anyway...back today....

We didnt chose any funky color of hearing aids, we chose brown because we have a feeling his hair will eventually turn darker brown like mine and Zaks and the Audiologist said a lot of people go with what is close to hair color because it blends better, even more so than skin tone colors and makes it where it really isnt too noticeable, and the moldings of the inner ear part are a clearish skin tone color and blend very good as well.

She said we should start to notice a lot more actual babbling and maybe even some starts of words, since he will now actually be able to hear all the softer sounds that he couldnt before and really hear things for what they are so we are excited to see the improvement!

You could definitely see an improvement right away when she put them in. He was able to hear us and respond with us speaking in much quieter volumes so I am very excited and I know Zak is :)

We will have to go back in a month to do another hearing screen to see how the hearing aids are making improvement and he will still have to be seen every 6 months to do hearing screens to make sure the hearing isnt getting any worse so continue to keep his precious little self in your thoughts and prayers :)


until the end of all time