Hey everyone. A couple of people have asked about how Zach's ENT appointment went. Well, it wasn't much of an appointment. First they ran a test on his ear drum to see how the movement was in each ear drum, which was perfectly normal. Then the ENT came and looked at the structure of his ear, which was also normal. But none of this really indicates whether or not there is a hearing loss. So, we go back at the end of the month to have the audiologist do a hearing test which has to do with electrodes and his brain stem, but no pain or needles. He just needs to be sleeping for the test. That will retest his hearing. If he still fails this test, the next step will probably be a CAT scan to try to locate a source for the hearing loss, but it is possible that he will have a hearing loss but no cause that we can locate. The doctor said that he can fit babies for hearing aids as young as one year to help with any developmental issues that may develop, but he also said that before they did neonatal testing a lot of kids with hearing loss in one ear went undetected until grade school and had no developmental delays. It would just be good to know what we are dealing with.
I will update everyone after the next procedure.
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