Update On The Repeat Audiology Visit

So, Eva Rose went for her follow up audiology visit today and pretty much nothing had changed from her last visit.  Her hearing is borderline normal, which isn't really the issue.  The biggest issue is that she continues to have fluid in her middle ear and the negative pressure in her middle ear was worse.  Her last appointment was 3 months ago and either nothing has changed or it has gotten worse.  We now have to see an otolaryngologist to evaluate what to do next.  We have an appointment in 3 weeks which is the soonest appointment that we could get.  I was thinking about an appoint on a different day of the week, but that would have meant that the appointment wouldn't be for at least 2-3 more weeks and the audiologist didn't want her to wait that long.  We may be looking at tubes for her if the fluid doesn't resolve by the next appointment.  She will also have another hearing test the day that she sees the otolaryngologist.

The good news is that even though she is borderline normal hearing, meaning that she hears fine at close distances, but may not hear so fine at further distances.  This also means that if there is a hearing loss it is not impacting her speech.  She, along with her brothers have all progressed quite nicely with their vocabulary.  There is some talk about whether or not they will be eligible for further services through EI.  I am hoping that they will still get services since they are doing so well with the services that they have!  I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens at the next appointment.  The best thing that could happen is that the fluid dissipates on it's own.

Amy

Early Intervention

We finally have all 3 kids signed up for early intervention and their individual sessions start this week.  Michael starts tomorrow and the twins start on Thursday.  We have been going to group for 2 weeks so far and as great as I think it is, I'm not sure that they are getting anything out of it yet.  It is interesting to watch my 3 interact or not interact with the other kids in the group.  I really feel like my kids need to have more interaction with other kids so that they start to learn social skills. 

I am really looking forward to having the individual sessions start.  I have noticed a big difference with the twins and their immitating skills and Michael has gotten better, but not the the extent that the twins have.  I have hearing test scheduled for all 3 kids and Michael goes this week.  It should be interesting to find out if there is an issue with his hearing that has made him delayed in speech or if it is something else.  I am hoping that he is jsut developing on his own time and that there is not more going on with him or the twins.  I am a little nervous taking Michael for his hearing test, not knowing what to expect.  I may put a message out to the twins group to see if anyone has had experience with hearing tests at this age and what I should be expecting from the visits for the 3 kids.

It's amazing how I was looking for things to do with the kids and now that early intervention is involved 3 of 5 week days, the kids have some sort of intervention happening.  At least Tuesday and Friday are early days, but Thursday is right in the middle so that only leaves the morning to really do anything on that day.  Now that I am working, it makes it a little more difficult, but not impossible and at least I know that we have things going on 3 days a week.  And the best part is that the kids will hopefully start talking more soon.  From what I hear, it happens quickly and EI works wonders.  hopefully it will help with their socialization skills as well as their speech skills.

Amy