Joey's Sound Test

I took Joey in for a sound field test today. His HA's are almost max-ed out. They tested several frequencies (250 up to 4000)

results: (all left ear... no right ear responses)

250Hz=NR

500Hz=75dB

750Hz=NR

1000Hz=80dB

2000Hz=70dB

3000Hz=80dB

4000Hz=NR

"He did not respond at 80dB speech stimuli."

This still leaves him in the range of severe hearing loss even w/ HA's. We did turn the HA's up a little more, but they really started him out loud to begin with. Before adjusting they said "almost max-ed out" after adjusting they said "pretty much max-ed out."

His next scheduled Ear Appointment is in August @ UNC.

Interesting tidbit:

Sounds Joey can hear are 10 million times louder than what a normal person can hear.... see this note from http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/articles/decibelsvspercent.htm

"Here is another example. I have a 70 dB loss. This is not equal to a 70 percent loss by any means. In actual fact it means that the softest sound I can hear needs to be 10,000,000 times louder than the softest sound a person with normal hearing can hear. One out of ten million is definitely not a 70 per cent loss but would be a loss of 99.9999999%! Quite a difference, isn't it? Now you can see why we must never use percentages when talking about our hearing losses. They just do not equate. They are absolutely meaningless!"

Normal hearing is -10 to 15 dB

Joey hears almost nothing at 70dB