Re: A couple quick questions

[Guest guest]

A couple quick questions

Hi Cheryl,

My daughter has had two set's of tubes and we were told that it wasn't

necessary also to use the plugs. However she had so many ear infections

even with the tubes we always used the plugs. Once she stopped growly so

rapidly from the preemie years we had custom swim molds made at the

audiologist ,we use them all time when bathing or swimming, even though she

no longer has the tubes.

Hope this helps.

Take Care

Colleen

> Second question: Clara also has tubes in her ears. I've been putting ear

> plugs in her ears when I bathe her and so forth. But I've heard that not

all

> doctors believe it's necessary to do that. I was just wondering if other

> parents here put ear plugs in or not.

>

> Thanks, Cheryl (Clara's mom)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

A couple quick questions

Hi Cheryl,

My daughter has had two set's of tubes and we were told that it wasn't

necessary also to use the plugs. However she had so many ear infections

even with the tubes we always used the plugs. Once she stopped growly so

rapidly from the preemie years we had custom swim molds made at the

audiologist ,we use them all time when bathing or swimming, even though she

no longer has the tubes.

Hope this helps.

Take Care

Colleen

> Second question: Clara also has tubes in her ears. I've been putting ear

> plugs in her ears when I bathe her and so forth. But I've heard that not

all

> doctors believe it's necessary to do that. I was just wondering if other

> parents here put ear plugs in or not.

>

> Thanks, Cheryl (Clara's mom)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Cheryl,

I would definitely put the plugs in for your daughter's bath or swimming. We

learned the hard way Sierra first ent said that it wasn't needed with the tubes

in her ears, she ended up with more ear infections with the tubes than before.

We ended up with a new ENT and he said most definitely use the plugs or molds

during bath time. After we started using them her ear infections decreased

dramatically. Hope this helps. Take care and God Bless.

Natasha~Mommy to~

(8/25/97) & *Sierra (11/28/00)

*Multiple Craniosynostosis, Crouzon's Syndrome,

Asthma, Trach, Tracheamalacia, Bronchomalacia,

Subglottic Stenosis, Chonal Stenosis, FTT,GERD,

G-tube & Nissan, Profound hearing loss, CI implanted 8/19/04. Activated 9/7/04

Sierra's story: www.cappskids.org/CAPPSCranioKidSierra.htm

www.tracheostomy.com/trachkids18.htm

A couple quick questions

I wrote a while back asking about ABRs and whether my daughter (almost 2 now)

should have one. Thanks to all who responded. We ended up going ahead with

it. The ABR shows that Clara has a severe/profound loss in the left ear and

normal hearing in the right. This is the same loss as I have. My question is

this: The audiologist who did the ABR seemed very certain that her hearing

was normal in the right ear. I was under the impression that ABRs couldn't

detect a mild loss very well. But she said quite definitely that Clara

responded

in the right ear at 10db. But when I spoke to the ENT and the audiologist who

has done most of her behavioral testing, they say that it's still possible

she has a mild loss in the right ear. Why the contradiction?

Second question: Clara also has tubes in her ears. I've been putting ear

plugs in her ears when I bathe her and so forth. But I've heard that not all

doctors believe it's necessary to do that. I was just wondering if other

parents here put ear plugs in or not.

Thanks, Cheryl (Clara's mom)

[Guest guest]

Dear Cheryl,

I would definitely put the plugs in for your daughter's bath or swimming. We

learned the hard way Sierra first ent said that it wasn't needed with the tubes

in her ears, she ended up with more ear infections with the tubes than before.

We ended up with a new ENT and he said most definitely use the plugs or molds

during bath time. After we started using them her ear infections decreased

dramatically. Hope this helps. Take care and God Bless.

Natasha~Mommy to~

(8/25/97) & *Sierra (11/28/00)

*Multiple Craniosynostosis, Crouzon's Syndrome,

Asthma, Trach, Tracheamalacia, Bronchomalacia,

Subglottic Stenosis, Chonal Stenosis, FTT,GERD,

G-tube & Nissan, Profound hearing loss, CI implanted 8/19/04. Activated 9/7/04

Sierra's story: www.cappskids.org/CAPPSCranioKidSierra.htm

www.tracheostomy.com/trachkids18.htm

A couple quick questions

I wrote a while back asking about ABRs and whether my daughter (almost 2 now)

should have one. Thanks to all who responded. We ended up going ahead with

it. The ABR shows that Clara has a severe/profound loss in the left ear and

normal hearing in the right. This is the same loss as I have. My question is

this: The audiologist who did the ABR seemed very certain that her hearing

was normal in the right ear. I was under the impression that ABRs couldn't

detect a mild loss very well. But she said quite definitely that Clara

responded

in the right ear at 10db. But when I spoke to the ENT and the audiologist who

has done most of her behavioral testing, they say that it's still possible

she has a mild loss in the right ear. Why the contradiction?

Second question: Clara also has tubes in her ears. I've been putting ear

plugs in her ears when I bathe her and so forth. But I've heard that not all

doctors believe it's necessary to do that. I was just wondering if other

parents here put ear plugs in or not.

Thanks, Cheryl (Clara's mom)

[Guest guest]

Dear Cheryl,

I would definitely put the plugs in for your daughter's bath or swimming. We

learned the hard way Sierra first ent said that it wasn't needed with the tubes

in her ears, she ended up with more ear infections with the tubes than before.

We ended up with a new ENT and he said most definitely use the plugs or molds

during bath time. After we started using them her ear infections decreased

dramatically. Hope this helps. Take care and God Bless.

Natasha~Mommy to~

(8/25/97) & *Sierra (11/28/00)

*Multiple Craniosynostosis, Crouzon's Syndrome,

Asthma, Trach, Tracheamalacia, Bronchomalacia,

Subglottic Stenosis, Chonal Stenosis, FTT,GERD,

G-tube & Nissan, Profound hearing loss, CI implanted 8/19/04. Activated 9/7/04

Sierra's story: www.cappskids.org/CAPPSCranioKidSierra.htm

www.tracheostomy.com/trachkids18.htm

A couple quick questions

I wrote a while back asking about ABRs and whether my daughter (almost 2 now)

should have one. Thanks to all who responded. We ended up going ahead with

it. The ABR shows that Clara has a severe/profound loss in the left ear and

normal hearing in the right. This is the same loss as I have. My question is

this: The audiologist who did the ABR seemed very certain that her hearing

was normal in the right ear. I was under the impression that ABRs couldn't

detect a mild loss very well. But she said quite definitely that Clara

responded

in the right ear at 10db. But when I spoke to the ENT and the audiologist who

has done most of her behavioral testing, they say that it's still possible

she has a mild loss in the right ear. Why the contradiction?

Second question: Clara also has tubes in her ears. I've been putting ear

plugs in her ears when I bathe her and so forth. But I've heard that not all

doctors believe it's necessary to do that. I was just wondering if other

parents here put ear plugs in or not.

Thanks, Cheryl (Clara's mom)