I took Chance's brother to another hearing appointment today. In case any of you are keeping track, he has been in the sound booth 497,000 times. OK, that may be an exaggeration, but he is in the sound booth A LOT.
Today, he made me laugh at the same time my heart was hurting for him as his hearing fell again.
His left ear has the most loss, and as we sat in the booth together, Chance's brother was not getting several of the sentences he was supposed to repeat back to the audiologist. Many times, he would just look at me and shrug because he did not know what was being said with out his hearing aid on.
Then, he asked me this question," Can you hear everything they are saying?"
The fact is, I could hear every single word they were saying, but I didn't want to make my little son feel bad that he couldn't. So I paused for a moment, trying to think of what to say, and then I just told him the truth.
"Yes, I can hear what they are saying."
With the adorable little grin that he gets sometimes, he asked me sweetly,' Can you tell Me what they are saying?"
He looked so cute sitting there in his chair asking me if I could tell him what was being said, however in an audiological booth during a hearing test, that would be cheating, so I had to say no.
You have to give the kid credit for trying to work around the problem of not being able to hear what is being said to him though.
1 comment:
That was very adorable of Chance to ask you to help out there.. While being in the sound booth it was fair of you to not help him, there may be so many instances out there.. noisy environments.. too many people speaking.. etc that he may not hear even with his implants on.. It is very good that he is asking for someone to help out!!
He is one adorable smart little kid!! Best wishes !!
Cheers
Jui
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