Audiogram: April-June '14

Last April, we (meaning the audiologists, Afif and i) managed to finally complete the audio tests covering almost all the frequencies in the audiogram. i must say it is not easy with a curious and active toddler. He hates wearing the headphone. In the end, they plug the machine in Afif's earmold instead as it it more comfortable for him.We went for 3 sessions to complete it. His unaided audiogram:

Afif's unaided audiogram.

Red line = right ear

Blue line = left ear

From this audiogram,  he has moderate to severe hearing loss on right ear and severe to profound deafness on the left ear.

From this audiogram, it's clear that he can't hear speech sounds (located in the white lines, or as we call it banana area). 

After obtaining the complete audiogram, the audiologists had done some re-setting to Afif's HAs. They add some gain in the low frequency sounds and minimize the gain in the high frequency sounds according to the newly acquired audiogram. Then, audio test with the newly set HAs was conducted. We could only obtain the right ear audiogram due to Afif's impatience (-____-)

Afif's aided audiogram (April 2014)

The results are not that good. The audiologist assured us that it's because Afif has not yet adapted to the new setting. In one or two months he will respond better to the sound.

True enough, we notice that Afif hears better after that. He now picks up low freq sounds (like daddy's and uncle's voices) better than before. Yippieee!

In late June, we went for another aided audio test to see his progress after the newly-set HAs. Alhamdulillah, as expected, there are improvements.

Afif's aided audiogram, June 2014.

Although the audiogram shows some improvement, the audiologist and speech therapist are concerned over his bad response in the lower frequency. Yes, they fall in the banana area but he's still missing sounds like 'u', 'ng', etc. At the last appointment, i can see that they're more suggestive of cochlear implant.

We're giving it a few more weeks, to see if he adapts better. Another audio test will take place next week.

In the meantime, the ENT specialist suggested Afif to get MRI and CT scan, which were conducted last week. We'll know the result next week. Hopefully we'll know if he's a candidate for cochlear implant or not.