I'm looking for some advice and guidance. Aiden has been hearing for almost 7 months with his right CI and just over 5 months with his left, but I feel we're at such a standstill.Aiden had a mapping appointment a couple of weeks ago. I didn't feel my usual warm and
fuzzies leaving that appointment, but then again,
Aiden's booth test results weren't what I was used to seeing either, not bad at all, just not as good.
His last mapping was the beginning of June, in which nothing was changed.
Aiden'saudiograms have been at 15 to 20 db, sometimes dipping to 25db, since each ear's third mapping appointment. This recent appointment (his fifth
soundbooth since right activation and third
soundbooth since left activation) he was hitting the higher frequencies at 20 to 25 db, but the lower and mid frequencies he was at 25 to 30 db. I know this is still good ... amazing in fact, but to me, it was a drop in over 10 db at some points.
When I brought up that his past
audiograms were from 15 to 20 db (with a speech awareness threshold of 10db), she told me that they don't like to see
audiograms at 15db because hearing with a CI can get distorted at this point. Is this true? And if so, why was it okay in the past that
Aiden was testing at this level and all was great? (his current
audi is on leave, so this was a new
audi that I felt very comfy with).
I walked out of there knowing that 25 to 30 db is still SO amazing and also took into consideration that
Aiden was not his typical "great, easy to read" tester. There is typically no question when he hears a sound, as he looks right at the speaker it comes from. This time, he played shy, hung his head low. The
audi. said she could tell when he heard something based on his eyes.
So my questions:
- How often are your child's maps adjusted?
- Have you ever heard that it's "not good" to be at 15db or lower with a CI?
- How long do your child's soundbooth /mapping appts typically last?
- What should I be looking for at this point to tell if Aiden's maps need adjusting?
- LVAS / EVAS moms/CI users - do you see good hearing days and bad hearing days due to the LVAS / EVAS?
- Did you find your child went through standstills with language development?
- The only lings Aiden is repeating at this point are /ah/ and /m/. We hear very few / oo / in his speech, but no /s/, /sh/ or /e/. Should I be worried about this?
The other reason I'm getting more concerned about his recent results is that he seems to be at a standstill with language. Last month we had a small language explosion - new sounds, new words, and all with good consistency. In the last few weeks, we've seemed to have lost it.
For awhile, he was always saying "mil" (milk), "ah- da" (all done), and "um-um" (yum-yum), among a few others. He's not saying these nearly as much as he used to. Then again, we've began to focus on new vocabulary feeling he had these others down quite well. He has picked up a couple new words, such as " baaaa" (for sheep), " mmmma" (for cow), and "bock bock" (for chicken - thank you Elmo). We've been working on these "new" farm animal sounds since day one though. The only new vocabulary he's even tried to imitate is apple, and that was just a couple times. It seems he's resorted back to his good ol' " mmmmm" for everything he wants lately. I hold out though and keep repeating "more" or "milk" or whatever word it is I know he knows, and sometimes, he'll eventually say it.
This is such a hard stage. At home, when I do the lings, he responds by pointing to his ear and saying "ah- na" (I heard that). So I know he's hearing them. I just wish he could tell me what they sound like to him. I wish he could tell me if something sounds funny. It just all seems like such a guessing game right now. Ugh.
Aiden had a mapping appointment a couple of weeks ago. I didn't feel my usual warm and fuzzies leaving that appointment, but then again, Aiden's booth test results weren't what I was used to seeing either, not bad at all, just not as good.
His last mapping was the beginning of June, in which nothing was changed. Aiden'saudiograms have been at 15 to 20 db, sometimes dipping to 25db, since each ear's third mapping appointment. This recent appointment (his fifth soundbooth since right activation and third soundbooth since left activation) he was hitting the higher frequencies at 20 to 25 db, but the lower and mid frequencies he was at 25 to 30 db. I know this is still good ... amazing in fact, but to me, it was a drop in over 10 db at some points.
When I brought up that his past audiograms were from 15 to 20 db (with a speech awareness threshold of 10db), she told me that they don't like to see audiograms at 15db because hearing with a CI can get distorted at this point. Is this true? And if so, why was it okay in the past that Aiden was testing at this level and all was great? (his current audi is on leave, so this was a new audi that I felt very comfy with).
I walked out of there knowing that 25 to 30 db is still SO amazing and also took into consideration that Aiden was not his typical "great, easy to read" tester. There is typically no question when he hears a sound, as he looks right at the speaker it comes from. This time, he played shy, hung his head low. The audi. said she could tell when he heard something based on his eyes.
So my questions:
The other reason I'm getting more concerned about his recent results is that he seems to be at a standstill with language. Last month we had a small language explosion - new sounds, new words, and all with good consistency. In the last few weeks, we've seemed to have lost it.
For awhile, he was always saying "mil" (milk), "ah- da" (all done), and "um-um" (yum-yum), among a few others. He's not saying these nearly as much as he used to. Then again, we've began to focus on new vocabulary feeling he had these others down quite well. He has picked up a couple new words, such as " baaaa" (for sheep), " mmmma" (for cow), and "bock bock" (for chicken - thank you Elmo). We've been working on these "new" farm animal sounds since day one though. The only new vocabulary he's even tried to imitate is apple, and that was just a couple times. It seems he's resorted back to his good ol' " mmmmm" for everything he wants lately. I hold out though and keep repeating "more" or "milk" or whatever word it is I know he knows, and sometimes, he'll eventually say it.
This is such a hard stage. At home, when I do the lings, he responds by pointing to his ear and saying "ah- na" (I heard that). So I know he's hearing them. I just wish he could tell me what they sound like to him. I wish he could tell me if something sounds funny. It just all seems like such a guessing game right now. Ugh.