Poor Joey, today my mother-in-law and I had to take him to get ear molds for his FM hearing system for school at the audiologist’s office. The process itself took less than 15 minutes to get those molds made but it felt so much longer! I had to sign/sing the alphabet and sing BINGO the whole time to keep Joey halfway calm. Poor little guy screamed and cried! The cool thing is that the FM speakers (they’re pretty much are hearing aides) are going to be blue and yellow swirled (Down syndrome awareness colors)!
So, when school starts on September 3rd, Joey will have fancy new ears to help him hear better in school! His teacher will wear a wireless microphone that will transmit her voice directly into Joey’s ears.
As for hearing aides to wear 24/7, we can’t get audiologists to agree that he needs them. One says yes, the other says no. So a week from today, we’re going to see a THIRD audiologist to get her opinion and go with what she says…
Poor Joey, today my mother-in-law and I had to take him to get ear molds for his FM hearing system for school at the audiologist’s office. The process itself took less than 15 minutes to get those molds made but it felt so much longer! I had to sign/sing the alphabet and sing BINGO the whole time to keep Joey halfway calm. Poor little guy screamed and cried! The cool thing is that the FM speakers (they’re pretty much are hearing aides) are going to be blue and yellow swirled (Down syndrome awareness colors)!
So, when school starts on September 3rd, Joey will have fancy new ears to help him hear better in school! His teacher will wear a wireless microphone that will transmit her voice directly into Joey’s ears.
As for hearing aides to wear 24/7, we can’t get audiologists to agree that he needs them. One says yes, the other says no. So a week from today, we’re going to see a THIRD audiologist to get her opinion and go with what she says…