baby iyad on hearing aid trial

this was long overdue, terribly sorry for my busy schedule...

baby iyad had his 4th BESR to determine his hearing level....this time it was done when he was asleep (after a dose of chloral hydrate) in the wrap, not lying down on the couch as usual...the result showed that both ears responded to the sound up to 55db (previously it was 30, 70), it could be due to his current URTI at that time that affected the test..

the audiologist suggested that baby iyad to be put on hearing aid trial so that he would be stimulated well and hopefully it would help him in term of his speech development...so, we had his ear mould done which he was already awake at that time, luckily he cooperated well.. and we were to come back in the next 2 weeks to fit the ear moulds to the hearing aid..

so, we came back as scheduled and had the ear moulds fitted to his ears... it was then connected to the hearing aid device and set to 45db...baby iyad was quite stunned when he heard his own voice which was quite accentuated and amplified by the hearing aid...although all these while he could respond to sound and noise, with the hearing aid, he could hear better...

now, we tried to put him with the device as long and frequent as possible except during his sleep... he kind of adapting well to it but sometimes he would pull it off his ear and started nibbling it...

since it is conductive hearing loss, hopefully, his hearing would get better when he grows bigger, with the ear canals become larger so more sound would be able to penetrate into it...