Elizabeth's Ear Buds are In

Yep..they are in--well, sort of. Elizabeth did get her ear buds yesterday and the process went as well as we could have hoped. And she wore them for a few hours yesterday and today, but we are having some "compliance" issues. Part of that may stem from the fact that I didn't have the strength to coerce her into into wearing them owing to a bad migraine (what, me stressed?). Tonight however was much better and she wore them for a good part of the evening.

It is a joy to see her huge smile when she hears something she has never heard before. Tonight she was listening to her Wiggles videos and was mesmerized. How crazy was it that she watched those videos all the time before and seemed to be enjoying the music so much. It seems she heard a bit of the music and probably loved them so much because she could hear something, but was probably just as mesmerized by the images.

Lots more to tell but will save that for later. Here are some photos and a video of the big day yesterday.


Here is a photo of Elizabeth with her ear buds in. As you can see from the photo the molds are barely visible. The hearing aid itself sits on the back of the ear and it about 3/4 of an inch. If she has her hair down you can't really see anything. The big question we have is whether to keep the dark grey color she has now or switch to a pink one which would match the band on her glasses. They don't make this hearing aid in black, which is what we wanted to match her hair. We'll try the grey for a week and then decide.



Here we are with Dr. Maria after Elizabeth had her buds in for a few minutes.



A little video of Elizabeth with Dr. Maria.