Jonica - Audiology 3 with complete Air Conduction results

Thurs 9th Dec - OK, so it's taking me a while to get to these posts...it's an interesting journey this third time around, not as emotional as the second time. I think that because throughout my pregnancy with Jonica I was preparing myself to have another hearing impaired child I've found this time a lot smoother. While pregnant with Kaelen, i hoped so hard for a hearing child that when that didn't happen, it was a very emotional thing, i felt very let down (as evidenced by my blog posts from that period after July 2008) and every appointment was a reminder of that. This time, as i've said before, i went into this pregnancy expecting a deaf child so it's been no surprise, and there's been very little adjustment required. The appointments just happen - they have to! - they're not out of the ordinary or new or scary, they're just normal for us, there's nothing riding on them, there's nothing much to "look forward to" or "hope for"...the loss is there, we're ok with it, let's just do what needs to be done to help all the kids get on in life the best they can. So, sorry it's taking me a while to get to these blog posts, each appointment isn't such a big deal anymore...

Today was the finalisation of Jonica's air conduction testing. Last time we were there she was sick and coughing and all blocked up so there was no point doing any air conduction testing as the results would be incorrect. Today, however, her ears were perfectly clear so it was a great day for testing!

The audiologist we saw previously was away so we saw another today - who happened to be the same one who did Kaelen's audiology after he was born! So it was nice to see another familiar face :-) Results started coming in the same as the first set of air conduction results, so that was great - no fluctuating levels!

Here are the final results: (all have a margin of error of +/-10dB; Pass = 20dB)

Air conduction Right:

500Hz = 60dB

1kHz = 50dB

2kHz = 40dB

4kHz = 70dB

Air conduction Left:

500Hz = 60dB

1kHz = 40dB

2kHz = 50dB

4kHz = 70dB

For Bone Conduction & TEOAEs, see previous posts.

This is described as a "mild to moderately-severe to severe hearing loss". Hooray! We can still say the word "mild"! It's still not as severe as Jarrah's or Kaelen's, and i can see that in our interactions with MissJ when she doesn't have her ears in. There's still a difference once we put her ears in too, but she responds much more without her ears than the boys do.

Yay! Got that bit nailed down...just keep walking...

Next appt: Mon 13th Dec - Aus Hearing, impressions only

Then: Sat 18th Dec - Jonica Osteopathy