Hearing Test

Miles had his follow up hearing test this morning. This was a follow up to the initial newborn hearing screen that they do on all newborns in the hospital. In the hospital he failed the test in his left ear both times they performed the test. So today I took him to Cincinnati Children's to see if he has any hearing loss or at risk for developing hearing loss.

His appointment was at 9:30am and they asked that I keep him awake beforehand and wait to nurse him at the appointment so that he would sleep once they started the test. He was up for about 2 hours before the appointment so he was a little grumpy, but after I fed him he settled down nicely and we were able to get thought the appointment pretty quickly and easily.

They performed two tests on each ear. They both used teeny tiny ear buds and looked at brain response. And the second test also had electrodes hooked up behind his ears and on his forehead. He passed both tests in both ears just fine. So that means he does not having hearing loss and is not at risk for hearing loss - YAY! He doesn't need to be seen back unless he shows signs in the future such as delayed speech.

This is what we expected to hear. He's been a pretty chill kid and has been reacting to noises and there's been plenty of noise around this house to react to :) It is nice though to have confirmation from the doctor that everything is fine. Next week he'll have his 1 month check up (where does the time go????) to see how he's growing.

And a couple of pictures of Miles all tuckered out after the appointment