Friday, 4 February 2011

Ear-plugs for Lotte - The story continues....

Today - Friday -  Lotte got her ear-molds.... The ones we had made earlier..
Transparent with glitter in it... Great stuff... We didn't order it this way, but it was a great idea of the person that ordered it...

It took some time to fit the ear-molds & flex tube to the BTE.. but we managed.. The problem seems to be that the soft-plastic tube comes out from the side, and then has to go up to the BTE...

For us... it is not as secure as on the shoulder, so we are a bit sceptic still, but on the other hand... most kids wear it like this.... Guess we need to get used to it..
So does Lotte... She will need to learn to insert the earpiece, and then hang the BTE on the ear... Practice makes perfect... so that's what we will do tomorrow...

As can be seen below, the BTE is too big for her ears.

But there is the option to use cables to hang the battery-compartments on the shoulder with the processor and microphone on the ears.... Another experiment for tomorrow.....

Just wondering if Lotte is OK with having something on the ears AND on the shoulders.....

(Some) Milestones

  • 2012-08: Grade 5
  • 2011-08: Grade 4
  • 2011-03: BTE's on the ear
  • 2010-08: Grade 3
  • 2009-08: Grade 2
  • 2008-08: Mainstream School (6y. old)
  • 2006-10: All-hearing Kindergarten (4y. old)
  • 2004-11-22: CI activated (27 m. old)
  • 2004-10-04: Bi-lateral CI (26 m. old)
  • 2003-08: Deaf/HOH/CI Pre-school/"DEAF" Kindergarten (12m. old)
  • 2003-07: HA's fitted (11 m. old)
  • 2003-06: Diagnosed deaf. Start sign-language (10m. old)
  • 2002-11: Suspicion loss of hearing (4 m. old)
  • 2002-08: Born - A fierce LION
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