Stella's Ears

We went to have Stella's booth hearing test this morning. This was partially an effort to get the county off our backs about Stella's hearing, but was also just to make sure that she has the level of hearing necessary to develop appropriate speech and language. All went well. She had great readings on the tympanograms. Then we stepped into the booth. She did a good job at sitting on my lap, for the most part. Thank goodness it was 8 a.m , and I won't mention that I didn't shower or wash my hair. That audiologist knows what she's talking about! She responded and turned to all the noises. The audiologist confirmed that she did a great job and said it was "one of the best tests she's seen". So, that confirms that she's hearing and hearing well enough to develop speech and language.

When I pressed about the left ear, because I'm curious how to move forward with that given that this test doesn't determine the level of hearing in each ear independently, she confirmed that, at this point, there's nothing they would do to augment her hearing. Therefore, a sedated ABR is completely unnecessary. Which is what I thought. She even went on to say that we'd be hard pressed to get an ENT in their practice to write up a sedated ABR for someone in Stella's situation. She mentioned that if I really pitched a fit, they would do it. Given that I'm not on board with sedating her, especially for something unnecessary, I am happy to have their support and glad that we're all on the same page.