look at my sweet baby doll!she's sporting all the rage in children's head accessories...a "soft band BAHA"....a bone anchored hearing aid on a headband. :)
She was given a loaner soft band BAHA a few months after she came home to us, but she was so young she couldn't tell us if it was helping or not so we gave it back and never ordered a permanent one.
Over the last few months she has asked/told us things like "when will you fix my ear?" "I want to hear out of this side." etc.
A few weeks ago I asked her if she wanted to try the BAHA and she said she did.
She was given a loaner soft band BAHA a few months after she came home to us, but she was so young she couldn't tell us if it was helping or not so we gave it back and never ordered a permanent one.
Over the last few months she has asked/told us things like "when will you fix my ear?" "I want to hear out of this side." etc.
A few weeks ago I asked her if she wanted to try the BAHA and she said she did.
We got this loaner one last week. Her reaction to it was PRICELESS! The audiologist put it on her and then turned it on.
You should have seen Elizabeth's face.
It lit up ~more than usual!
She started talking and then would giggle.
"mommy -I can hear me! I can hear me!"
her hearing is nearly perfect on the other side ...but she was so excited to hear sound on both sides of her head!
The newness has worn off and she doesn't want to wear it ALL the time...but it helps her...she can hear us whispering now...we're hoping it will help her hear how to better pronounce words and sounds....so we have her wear it a few hours a day.
The newness has worn off and she doesn't want to wear it ALL the time...but it helps her...she can hear us whispering now...we're hoping it will help her hear how to better pronounce words and sounds....so we have her wear it a few hours a day.
we're so excited for our sweet little girl!!
9 comments:
That is so exciting! Yeah Elizabeth!
How cool! She really needs to be on the cover of a magazine because she is sooooo beautiful.
Pure joy! That is just wonderful for Elizabeth!!! Our Jackson just had insurance approve bilateral Bahas...we hope to have them within a month or so!!! What a simple reminder of how much WE take for granted!!! Blessings,Stacy
Yay! That's awesome! Just one of the many things that most of us take for granted.
Wow, so she can hear out of the other ear with it?
Yay!! A BAHA! They are just incredible and Silas loves his. He can hear so much better and has made such wonderful progress with his speech. She also won't get as many comments about her "headband" since she is a girl... :)
How VERY cool! My goodness she is a beautiful child!
Yay, Elizabeth! How awesome!
Yay, yay, yay!!!!
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