A trip to the audiologist

Taylor had her annual hearing test on Friday. Good news! No changes in her hearing :) Of course, to ask her, she would say it is bad news, she thinks she can hear just fine. The rest of us have some other ideas about her ability to hear. Especially when she is told to clean her room or put away her clothes. She can however, hear the sound of candy being unwrapped from the other side of the house!

This check up consisted of her going into the sound-proof room with the earphones on to listen for the sounds. She got to push a great big button to signal that she heard the sound. Wow! You would have thought it was the button for the space shuttle launch, she was so excited. Her new hearing aids are pretty cool since they don't fill so much of her ear anymore.

We have been waiting a few weeks for one of the aids since a certain little white dog chewed up the last one... Bad Dog, No Biscuit! It was especially irritating because it had just been replaced a couple of months ago after the old ones had worn out. I wouldn't mind so much except that they have to be sent to Switzerland for repair/replacement, then shipped back, reprogrammed at the office, and finally I have to make an appointment to come in and have them fitted. It can take weeks. Not to mention, they are REALLY expensive. Thousands of dollars expensive. Fortunately, our insurance covered them originally. I thought we would have to pay to replace them when they wore out, but the hearing aid company replaced them at a small (few hundred) dollar fee. So far the insurance has not returned that bill. I figured the severely mangled, chewed up, drooled on pile of plastic that I returned would be charged at full price but the hearing aid company charged an "abuse fee" of $125. Shocker! I am going to see if the insurance will pay that one.

A little funny note: I was talking to someone about how much the hearing aids cost and the fact that they had to go to Switzerland to get repaired. I said that they must be made out of some kind of "clear gold" to cost so much. Taylor later told everyone that her new hearing aids were made out of "PURE GOLD"! She was a little disappointed to see they were still clear plastic :)