Today we have confirmed hearing loss at 4000 Mhz. Our audiologist, Lisa, did the hearing test that we had done in June/July? and repeated it again today with a couple other pieces of equipment. She checked and rechecked just as Courtney did yesterday and, yes, Adam has significant hearing loss in his right ear at 4000. The good news- it's such a high range that it doesn't really have any impact on his everyday hearing. He can hear quiet sounds, just not this frequency. At one point, Adam said "That sounds just like the squeak in my ear!" I think she was testing his left ear at that point and she said that it is pretty normal for the tinnitus to be the same frequency as the loss. Once the hearing comes back, the tinnitus goes away. Interesting! I asked if she thought he would regain the hearing or if the tinnitus would go away but she said she didn't know. The weird thing is that when tested using "the headband" which went behind his ears as opposed to in, he could hear fine. She showed me on a graph how it dipped way down when he had the earplug headphones in his ears but how it stayed in line with the other frequencies with the head band. Apparently this is not the norm. I think she said that the headband tests the function of the sensory organ and that it is not damaged. If it's not damaged, then why the hearing loss? Soo.. she has referred us to an ear doctor (Dr. Ryzenman) who may be able to give us an idea why and maybe do something to help regain hearing. Then we need to get his hearing tested periodically just to keep on eye (ear?) on it.
(PS - Jen - Dr. Willett was on the list of ENT's but she recommended Dr. Ryzenman because he specializes only in ears and she's had a lot of success with him. AND he's 5 minutes from our house).
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