Kaelen - Aus Hearing checkup

Fri 5th Dec - This must have been the shortest Aus Hearing appt we've ever had! Still nearly 1hr, but they were even running close to time at the end of the day, so we were done a lot earlier than i expected.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this appt - every time we go to Aus Hearing with J they do testing of some sort, so i wasn't sure if they would do the same with Kaelen, but it turns out this was just to check the settings of his aids and take new impressions for ear moulds. Because the babies grow so fast, they go through moulds like they're going out of style (i think this will be Kaelen's 3rd or 4th set, in 10 weeks!) and the size of their ear canal changes, which affects the levels at which the hearing aids are set, so they need to be tweaked regularly, it seems. This is all a bit new, cos Jarrah didn't have hearing aids as a baby, so he's only just got his first new set of moulds and had his first tweak. So, a rather uneventful appt!

A quick update on Kaelen's general progress though - we had our last speech lesson for the year yesterday, and he's really beginning to respond well to voices, and locating sounds around him (turning to them when he hears them). His speech teacher was very pleased with what she saw yesterday, he was listening really well and turning to her right away when he heard her voice, which is very age-appropriate. His current favourite sound is "Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh" - this is pretty much guaranteed to produce some giggles! Which is also great, cos that's quite a soft sound, and shows that he's hearing well in the high frequencies.

Next appt: Tues 6th January 2009, K @ ENT