The Not So Good News

Today, Grace her audiology appointment with Wake County Schools. We knew that Grace had high frequency loss in one ear. Her ENT told us it was nothing to worry about at this time. The audiologist, today, said the loss was in both ears. The problem is it is in the inner ear. Her hearing in the middle ear and outer ear are fine. In cases like this it is more difficult for a hearing aide to help. She is going to contact our ENT at UNC hospital and determine if they think a hearing aide would help her. If not she said if Grace qualifies for a preschool class(probably not, she is pretty bright)she would request amplified sound. If she just qualifies for speech it will be more difficult. There are lots of sounds Grace can't hear...s,th,n, etc. Let's hope this won't take too long. Grace as at a crucial age for language development.