Friday, August 20, 2010

Jack's Hearing Test

It has been about a year and a half from when we first had Jack's hearing tested and learned he had some hearing loss. The thinking was that it was due to the ear infections and fluid in his ears. Which was a reason why we had tubes put in his ears last June. Since then, we've had a couple hearing tests done but all still showed some hearing loss.

However... we finally have some good news!! Scott, home from 2 weeks of travel, took Jack to his hearing test this morning and the results are:
-Left ear is good, all in normal ranges!! This is better than last time (where it wasn't in normal range). The only slight thing is that there is one test for the negative pressure in his ear and it should be under 100; Jack is at 105... but we'll take it.

-Right ear is also in the normal range but not as good as you'd like to see. Still normal and better than last time, but just not in the middle normal range (if there is such a thing). The hearing testing person said that this "not as good as you'd like to see" result could be because he is at the start of an ear infection or has allergies or something like that to cause the inner ear hearing better than the outer ear hearing.

I told Scott that the right ear is the one that has the tube in it but is covered in gunk and wax so perhaps that is the reason. If so, once that is removed... hearing all good? That is our hope!

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