Guest guest Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 My daughter, Siloam (we call her " Silly " ) just got her sparkly pink hearing aid and will go for her DOC band laser sizing next week. My question is has anyone out there have a child with the DOC band and hearing aids? Are they able to " cut-out " and around the hearing aids? I seem some with the ears out and other with them covered by the band. I know it depends on the type of plagio. My Silly has moderate brachycehpaly. Anyone out there with this experience? Thanks!! Errika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 I want to say that there has been one baby I heard of that had hearing aids and they were able to adjust the band accordingly. If not hearing aids, then it was definitely glasses, so it shouldn't be a problem. The bands you see that actually cover up the ear are poorly fitted bands. That is not normal, and you will never see a CT band (unless the scan or casting was done wrong, in which case it would be remade and never left as it was) that will cover an ear. So they should be able to make room for the hearing aid. With brachy, there is the need to hold the sides of the head tight and snug, and so typically they probably wouldn't shave a lot off around the ear, but I would hope there would be just enough room allowed for the hearing aid. Please let us know how it goes. Good luck! Jake-3 (DOCBand grad 9/08) > > My daughter, Siloam (we call her " Silly " ) just got her sparkly pink hearing aid and will go for her DOC band laser sizing next week. My question is has anyone out there have a child with the DOC band and hearing aids? Are they able to " cut-out " and around the hearing aids? I seem some with the ears out and other with them covered by the band. I know it depends on the type of plagio. My Silly has moderate brachycehpaly. Anyone out there with this experience? > > Thanks!! > > Errika > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Hi Errika.....My eight month old has hearing aids and a helmet. He has been aided since he was three months old and got his helmet at six months. His ortho cut out plenty of room for the aids and the helmet actually helps them stay in better. Good luck.....Jessie > > My daughter, Siloam (we call her " Silly " ) just got her sparkly pink hearing aid and will go for her DOC band laser sizing next week. My question is has anyone out there have a child with the DOC band and hearing aids? Are they able to " cut-out " and around the hearing aids? I seem some with the ears out and other with them covered by the band. I know it depends on the type of plagio. My Silly has moderate brachycehpaly. Anyone out there with this experience? > > Thanks!! > > Errika > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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