Guest guest Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Ask about having a BAER test (Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response) _http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003926.htm_ (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003926.htm) It can be performed on children as early as newborn to make sure sound is being adiequately processed through the ears. It should be done on ALL newborns with Down syndrome in order to etablish a baseline - Becky In a message dated 12/21/2005 5:14:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, patojauregui@... writes: Dear List, I haven´t posted anything since I suscribed to the list. Today I have a question: I don't know if you remember me, but I am Pato, aunt to Lucas (DS, 2 month-old boy) His hearing was checked today, and he didn't respond to the stimuli. The doc said it is still too early and it was OK for him not to respond. Has this happend to your kids? If your kids' hearing was checked, when did he /she start to " hear " ? Thanks and Happy Holiday! Pato Buenos Aires - Argentina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Pato, Happy holidays to you too. Congratulations on the birth of your nephew, Lucas. Our son, (8ds), failed his first two hearing tests and then we had an ABR done when he was 2 years old and he passed I don't know why he failed them at first... Kym...mom to 5 including and 2 kids who ARE hearing impaired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hi Pato - cannot answer your question about hearing test, but wanted to let you know my oldest daughter is headed down to Buenos Aires on Christmas. She loves Argentina and is very excited. doubts Dear List, I haven´t posted anything since I suscribed to the list. Today I have a question: I don't know if you remember me, but I am Pato, aunt to Lucas (DS, 2 month-old boy) His hearing was checked today, and he didn't respond to the stimuli. The doc said it is still too early and it was OK for him not to respond. Has this happend to your kids? If your kids' hearing was checked, when did he /she start to " hear " ? Thanks and Happy Holiday! Pato Buenos Aires - Argentina --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Security Centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Pato: My son had several hearing tests done at the local university, he failed every single one of them, which I found strange as he responded to sound at home. When he was six months old I took him to Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) in Baltimore and he passed his hearing test well within the normal ranges, which he continued to do at every subsequent visit over the next 5 years while still 'failing' the ones at the local university. Seems the local university was training their staff to determine if the child was hearing by if the child looked in the direction of the sound. Nick has great peripheral vision, if he didn't see something that caught his attention he didn't look until he was ready (he usually had a toy in front of him that he was playing with at the time). At KKI the Audiologist watched Nick for changes in his breathing, pupil dilation, sucking, and even if he paused for a second in his play. When we returned to the local university they refused to listen to my comments about his great peripheral vision and ignored my comments regarding the changes when there were sounds. I eventually quit taking him to the audiology clinics at the local university. Kinda of discouraging when five minutes before anyone else hears a truck, your son's asking if that's a truck and the university staff is telling you he can't hear. Good luck! Cari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 All of Charlie's early hearing tests were " inconclusive, " though he appeared to react to sound. At about 4 months old we got a BAER done, and that showed him to be within normal range. We should have had follow up testing done; health guidelines recommend OAE or ABR every 6 months to age three and then annual check ups. Guess we were too distracted by wondering if he could see and how well he could see, had bilateral congenital cataracts, to worry too much about his hearing. But, at age 6, follow up visit to T21 program at CHOP, Dr. Pipan put hearing test on our " to do " list. Took three trips to CHOP to get it done. First visit was a behavioral hearing test, not surprised that that was quite uninformative. OAE was equally uninformative. Also had flat tympanogram. Scheduled ABR--pretty much the same as a BAER, just different initialism--but first attempt was cancelled due to fluid in ears. After a round of antibiotics, took him back, favorite ENT cleaned out his ears and pronounced him good to go. Was pleasantly surprised that ABR showed no significant hearing loss. I was sort of prepared for some and expecting some, quite common in kids with Ds. So, that was one piece of very good news. Just our experience with hearing tests. And would agree that it is quite early days for your nephew. Should get him tested by 6 months. Could try to get an OAE, but a BAER or ABR might be better. But wouldn't be worrying too much just yet. Good luck, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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