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I spent the morning at the hospital with my 4 year old daughter. She had an MRI and an ABR (auditory brain response) test done. We found out she can hear normally out of her right hear, but is totally deaf in her left ear. The Audiologist painted a somewhat grim picture of how this might affect her especially with regards to her schooling.
I'm really happy she can hear out of her right ear as the Menangitis she had at 15 months could have just as easily taken the hearing from both ears. I'm glad she will be able to live a "normal" life, but it still makes me a little sad. I never thought about what it would be like to only hear out of one ear, but apparently it's a lot harder than hearing out of two.
A lot of people deal with things that are a lot worse, so I don't want to sound like I'm complaining. I'm glad we found out about the problem when we did and that the problems aren't any worse. One doctor at the hospital yesterday said, "I don't want to make light of this hearing problem, but if this is her only problem you're really lucky." He was referring to her bout with Menangitis. I am really lucky to have her and that she's doing so well. She's beautiful and bright and is actually my best "listener." My boys have selective hearing.
I welcome advice or insight from anyone with experience with this sort of thing. | 