Hi everyone! My name is Rosemarie and i am a new mom of a 2 1/2 month old baby boy. He is my first child. In the hospital he failed his newborn screening tests. At ten days old he failed another OAE in the pediatricians office. At one month, he failed another screening OAE at the audiologist. We were finally scheduled for a diagnostic ABR which he had on Jan 4th. I was not able to go to that test, so my husband took my son. He told me that the audiologist told him that our son was able to hear loud and medium sounds, but not soft sounds. She said she was unable to complete the test in the left ear because he got fussy. She told my husband that she wanted him to come back so that they could repeat the test and see if she could get him to hear soft sounds. In the meantime i scheduled an appointment with an ENT. then i got the results of the ABR in the mail. Which said he had moderate to severe hearing loss in both ears. All the numbers on the test were between 60 and 80. When i went to the ENT, she said that the baby will definitely need hearing aids based on the abr, which she said is not wrong. She said she will repeat the abr a second time to confirm the degree of loss prior to putting in hearing aids. She does not think i should get my hopes up because she says the ABR is not wrong. This all has been very confusing to me because my son seems to be able to hear. He has always responded to my dog barking or loud noises. I am also able to wake him up from sleeping by speaking his name and even by whispering his name. I dont understand how his hearing can be mod to severe hearing loss when he can hear me speaking and whispering?
This has been a very difficult experience. As a new mom, i feel that the enjoyment and happiness of a new baby has been replaced with incessant worrying and preoccupation with hearing and hearing aids. At this point i even find myself worrying about whether my baby has any associated syndromes to go along with his hearing loss.
Any input/advice is appreciate! Thank you!
This has been a very difficult experience. As a new mom, i feel that the enjoyment and happiness of a new baby has been replaced with incessant worrying and preoccupation with hearing and hearing aids. At this point i even find myself worrying about whether my baby has any associated syndromes to go along with his hearing loss.
Any input/advice is appreciate! Thank you!