37 - hearing

Lincoln needs hearing aids. Yup. You read that right. Hearing aids. On and off for the past two years I have wondered about his hearing but in the end always chalked I up to being a kid with selective hearing. In november he had his only ear infection with us. The doctor said he had a hole in his ear bit that it should clear up after the infection was gone. Last month lt's teacher said she thought he might have a hearing issue. So we took him in. The surgeon said he had a hole and that there was scarring and that surgery was more successful at 7 or 8 and sent him to an audiologist to determine his hearing loss

The audiologist said lincoln was amazing. Yup. Know that. He is moderately deaf in his left ear and mildly in his right. It was sad and scary to see how outside the normal range he is. And to think it might have been this way for the past 2 1/2 years. To put it in perspective he is outside the range of hearing the differences between most letters. If a noise is behind him he can't differentiate where exactly it is coming from. It a crowd gets noisy he can't differentiate the sounds and it will be overwhelming to him. A hearing impaired kids tends to be super tired at night because his brain has worked so hard to process sounds all day long. Well that explains so much. Poor little man.

I know it won't be a big deal once we get used to a routine of having to wear them day in and day out. But I am not looking forward to it. I don't want an added thing in our routine. I should shush tho because I talked to lt this evening about them and he said ok. He said he would be happy because he would be able to hear. Isn't that what it is about. Him hearing and him being happy.

And yes I did tell the principal again how much his teacher Rocks!


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