Hearing Question

February 2, 2006

Hi,

I'm writing to ask a hearing question. Some may remember me, my daughter

Raegan is now 8 months,she just had Open Heart Surgery in December. I tend to

lurk and don't get much time to read everything. Raegan just had her third ABR

and the results indicate that her right ear has moderate to severe loss and her

left ear has normal hearing. In past test the left ear looked like it was mild,

now normal. I received a call today from the audiologist and she went over the

results with me. She informed me that she reviewed the results with her

colleagues and they feel that at this time Raegan does not need hearing aids. I

am very confused because the point of this third ABR was to pinpoint a degree of

loss in both ears and get aids, she was fitted for them during the test on

Monday. I have spoken with my hearing therapist and she is having my Early

Intervention Audiologist contact me, she did not know what to do in regards to

aids as well. She did say that it could be harmful to aid the

ear that is normal. Hearing loss and amplification are all new to me, I was a

special education teacher, but never had any hard of hearing students. I am just

wondering if anyone has had similar ABR results and what you have done regarding

hearing aids.

Thanks,

Judy

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