Bubble Gum in the Ears

Today was Aiden's hearing aid fitting. I hoped he would take a nap before the appointment, but he didn't until we got in the truck and was on the way to the audiologist's office, which is located 45 minutes away from the house. Once we got there, Aiden woke up and was happy playing in the lobby.

When we first made the appointment, I asked a friend ( "JoJo" ) who has a degree in SLP to attend as a parent advocate. Two minds are better than one and she would ask the questions I wouldn't know to ask. And she would know how to read the audiology report with the graphs and stuff. While I was filling out the new patient history, she was taking a history of Aiden. (It's a long story, but up until a few weeks ago, she had not met Aiden and she is going to fill out a "report" for both her and my records.)

We went back to the little exam room, where the audiologist went over the results of Aiden's hearing tests in November. And she readied the exam table with all the things needed to fit Aiden for hearing aids. She made two little balls of string and stuck one into each of Aiden's ears. He wasn't too happy with the process. Chris and I were holding Aiden still while JoJo was occupying Aiden's head with puzzles and lights.

Then came the bubble gum.

Not real bubble gum. A pink silicone rubber stuff that she injected into Aiden's ears. Aiden's didn't like it and tried to remove said bubble gum. However, we had to wait for the stuff to stiffen up and mold to his ears.

In order to keep Aiden from pulling the goo out of his ears, I had to give him the iTouch with the Imagination Movers music playing and opened up the Dice application that Aiden loves to play.

I got to pick out the colours I wanted the hearing aids made. I chose yellow and blue swirl. Of course. Gotta show our T21 pride LOL! :D

So, now we wait. We wait for our primary insurance to deny the coverage. Then another claim to our secondary insurance which will cover the hearing aids. Then we wait for the hearing aids to be made.