Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 --- You wrote: You need to get yourself an otoscope and check your child's ears on a regular basis. We clean our kid's ears at least twice a week. It would be great of all the audiologists and ENT's had the time to keep our kid's ears clean, but it's really a personal hygiene issue, unless it gets impacted to the point where it needs to be professionally extracted. The trick is to stay on top of it so that it doesn't. --- end of quote --- well i have an otoscope now and will use it in the future. but i still am not sure i'll really know what i'm looking at. regarding staying on top of his ears and cleaning them out - it's just hard to know what or whom to believe. so many experts say that wax comes out on it's own, to leave it alone, etc. (unless as you say it is impacted). it's just confusing. kirsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 At 10:05 AM 9/20/00 -0400, you wrote: > >--- You wrote: >You need to get yourself an otoscope and check your child's ears on a >regular basis. We clean our kid's ears at least twice a week. It would be >great of all the audiologists and ENT's had the time to keep our kid's ears >clean, but it's really a personal hygiene issue, unless it gets impacted to >the point where it needs to be professionally extracted. The trick is to >stay on top of it so that it doesn't. >--- end of quote --- >well i have an otoscope now and will use it in the future. but i still am not >sure i'll really know what i'm looking at. Any decent ENT reference will have pictures. Better yet, ask the ENT to let you take a look before he/she cleans the ear out the next time. A normal eardrum is gray, dry, and has little or no wax around it. Wax is easily discernable as red/brown debris. An impacted eardrum will have a red ring around the eardrum, which may also be red. An infected eardrum is bright red and sensitive. It may also have fluid around the edges, or covering the eardrum. A wet, gray eardrum is a symptom of fluid without infection. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 > Any decent ENT reference will have pictures. http://de.comdis.wisc.edu/users/mchial/Chial/howotoscope.htm Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2000 Report Share Posted September 21, 2000 In a message dated 9/20/2000 5:49:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Listen-Upegroups writes: << Subject: Pulling aids out now! Hi all! I know last I reported Triston was doing great with his aids, leaving them in!! Well that's all changed and he's pulling them out - mostly at daycare. They said today he figured out how to open the battery part. AAGGHH!! I've never opened it or turned it off or on with him watching, so I'm not sure how he's figured that all out. Does anyone have any suggestions??? >> Deanna, It took us about 8-9 weeks to get Lily to wear her hearing aids all the time (she was 20 months when aided) then she started pulling them out, and pulling them apart! She was being very destructive and angry towards them. We had to have them rewired a few times! I took her in and had new earmolds made and voila, no more problems. These kids grow so fast that they need new earmolds every 2-4 months at this age. I think that was the problem, they weren't fitting well and she wasn't hearing well, she was getting feedback, and they were probably moving around and annoying the inside of her ear. Now I know to watch for this, or hopefully get the new earmolds before we reach this point next time! Also, you can use lotion or Oto-eze to put on the canal of the earmolds and this helps make a seal to lessen the feedback, make insertion easier, and fit/feel better in their little ears. Sheri, mom of Lily, 28 months, severely-profoundly deaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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