Well, we didn’t get the whole hearing test accomplished yesterday. The first thing the Dr. did was to test Jakob’s over all hearing. I sat with him on my lap and she played sounds to see if Jakob reacted to them. He did really well on that part. It was funny though, whenever he reacted to a sound there would be a little toy that would light up and move around. On one side there was a pink elephant that played the drums. When it moved the first time Jakob started fussing and kept saying “go” “go” and trying to crawl off my lap to get to the door. I felt bad for him because I knew he was scared of it, but it was cute too because he just wanted out of there! Eventually he got used to the elephant and started having fun with the game. After that she tried to put these little ear plugs in Jakeys ears, it would put out sounds and measure how his ear drums accept sound (or something like that?) but Jakob was not having any of that. He is a pretty stubborn little guy and he kept knocking the earplugs out (they are for little ears, so they didn’t hurt him or anything like that) and screaming like a banshee. He needed to be quiet to hear the sounds coming from the headphones. Needless to say we have to try that part again. The doctor recommended we start getting Jakob used to us messing with his ears. We also bought some earbuds yesterday that have little rubber ends just like the doctor had so that he can wear them while watching movies (in the car). We go back in January and we will try it all over again. The doctor said she can tell us he does hear, but she needs the other test to make sure he hears well from both ears. She’s seen children that can hear, but don’t hear well from one ear and it can affect them. So I guess we’ll try again next time!
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