Today was Mason's Audiology appointment in Sterling. First, the technician tested his cochlea which came back normal. Then she put him in this big metal box. It looked like a torture chamber! He sat in there with headphones and had to raise his hand when the tech. played certain sounds. She then played some white noise sounds on top of the beeping noises. Mason was a trooper!
When she explained to us his results, she told us that Mason has some high frequency hearing loss in his right ear. That means it is hard for him to hear through background noises like SHH or PSST. Things like that. She said that it isn't severe enough for him to wear a hearing aide because hearing aides don't work for that range.
It shouldn't effect his schooling but she said we need to keep an eye on him. He needs yearly appointments with the Audiologist. If he seems to be getting worse we need to take him to Children's hospital or maybe a ear, nose, and throat specialist. We are sure glad it turned out okay and not as bad as I had feared. Guess we will have to talk to Mason bug in his left ear from now on ;-) Ha ha!
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Glad everything turned out alright with Mason. he is such a sweet boy. Love that little smile of his.
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