Re: squealing hearing aids

[Guest guest]

Hi, all. Thanks so much for the answers to my hearing aid questions last

week. I'm back with more.

(10 months) goes in to have his ear molds made this Wednesday. We've

been told he'll get a loaner pair of aids that day, to use while we're

waiting for his own to come in. When I wrote last week, I said he had been

diagnosed with mild hearing loss bilaterally. But when the audi's report

came in the mail yesterday, it actually said " moderate " loss. The ABR showed

a 50 dB loss bilaterally to clicks (which she adjusted to 40dB, she said,

because of the difference between an ABR & a booth test?) and a 60dB loss in

the low frequencies. She didn't test high frequencies because Stevie woke

up. This concerns me a bit--our own non-clinical observations here at home

gave us the impression that he hears low tones better than high tones.

An infant hearing loss specialist from Early Intervention called me and went

over the audi's report, and she too described it as moderate loss. So that

was a bit of a surprise.

But on to my question--

Kerryn wrote:

> I also hated the way

> 's aids squealed when I hugged her to me or sat her on my lap for a

> swing at the park. They did some fine tuning which made the squealing reduce

> which was a relief. I

Kay wrote:

> I always felt that if the squealing didn't bother my son when he hugged me,

> I wouldn't let it bother me. If it bothers them, they will quickly learn how

> to position their head so it doesn't happen. With very young children, some

> of the audiologists I know acually use and FM system and turn the mic on the

> hearing aids off till the child is old enough to not be laying down for more

> than their daily nap.

I'd appreciate hearing more about the squealing, so I know what to expect.

Stevie also has neurological issues/motor function delay, so he isn't

crawling yet and spends a whole lot of his time in my arms. I'm hugging him

all day! When and why does the squealing happen? Doesn't it hurt the child's

ears? I'm a bit dismayed to think of an unpleasant noise inhibiting our

hugs...hugs are what we DO!

Lissa in Virginia

mom of 3 girls ages 9, 6, and 3, all hearing, and 1 boy, 10 months, moderate

hearing loss, hypertonia, possible CP

[Guest guest]

> OMG is right! I can't believe how much and Caleb have in

common!

> Hey, do you think there is a relationship between the " scoot

crawl " and

> a high frequency bilateral hearing loss?

> Weird.

> God bless.

>

> , 7, hearing

> Caleb, 5, SNHL, aided

Fnny...Lindsi, who is profoundly deaf, also never crawled. She only

buyy scooted & started walking at about 15-16 months.

She was adopted at 10 months & I've always attributed her utt

scooting to he having no upper body strength (at that stage of

developement), but maybe there's more to it???????

Debby

Mom to Lindsi

B: 5-16-02

Med El CI on 9-23-04

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[Guest guest]

> OMG is right! I can't believe how much and Caleb have in

common!

> Hey, do you think there is a relationship between the " scoot

crawl " and

> a high frequency bilateral hearing loss?

> Weird.

> God bless.

>

> , 7, hearing

> Caleb, 5, SNHL, aided

Fnny...Lindsi, who is profoundly deaf, also never crawled. She only

buyy scooted & started walking at about 15-16 months.

She was adopted at 10 months & I've always attributed her utt

scooting to he having no upper body strength (at that stage of

developement), but maybe there's more to it???????

Debby

Mom to Lindsi

B: 5-16-02

Med El CI on 9-23-04

Turn On 10-26-04

[Guest guest]

> OMG is right! I can't believe how much and Caleb have in

common!

> Hey, do you think there is a relationship between the " scoot

crawl " and

> a high frequency bilateral hearing loss?

> Weird.

> God bless.

>

> , 7, hearing

> Caleb, 5, SNHL, aided

Fnny...Lindsi, who is profoundly deaf, also never crawled. She only

buyy scooted & started walking at about 15-16 months.

She was adopted at 10 months & I've always attributed her utt

scooting to he having no upper body strength (at that stage of

developement), but maybe there's more to it???????

Debby

Mom to Lindsi

B: 5-16-02

Med El CI on 9-23-04

Turn On 10-26-04