Dr. # 2 BAER test

So, the BAER is a brain stem auditory evoked response test. It is a test that requires electrodes to be placed on a babys head, tiny ear buds placed in the ears and a sound is emmited. The electrodes pick up brain waves responding to the sound. This is the most accurate test they can do on a child Lilli's age to find out exactly where her "sound threshold" is. Oh yeah, they have to do it while she is sleeping! That was the hard part. Going in on day one, my mom went with me. This was to ensure she stayed awake in the car so that she was extra tired when we got there. It was pretty challenging because the receptionists at Carolinas Rehab were not that bright and made us wait downstairs instead of calling up to see if we could come and by that time Lilli was down for the count, noting I could do would wake her up. The audiologist was AMAZING! She was super nice and I loved that she didnt beat around the bush (we will talk more about this in a minute) She got the sensors on Lil's head and the things in both of her ears. She began the test and Lilli woke up half way through. Thankfully the computer automatically saves every 10 seconds so we didnt have to start over. Edie (the dr.) told us when Lilli woke up that she was detecing a moderate loss. This was honestly a relief to me. No its not what I was praying for, but FINALLY I had an answer to the questoin at hand. While mom and I tried to get her back to sleep she pulled the sensor out of her right ear so we just continued to do her left ear and Edie said I could come back first thing in the morning to do her right ear. We found out that day that in her left ear she could hear at 60-65 decebles in all pitches and tones. This was good news because that makes it very easy to get hearing aids right, she just needs amplification. Day 2 my wonderful sister in law went with me to help keep Lilli awake. I must add that Jenna is a wonderful sister and is always very willing to help when it comes to her sweet nieces! The test was the exact same, lilli stayed awake longer so we were able to do confermatory tests, I cant lie I dont remember what they were called. Her right ear was a little better 55-60 decebles. Praise God my daughter can still hear us talking, but to her it just sounds like a whisper. Tony took the news much better then I had expected, I think we were both just releived that we knew something more concrete.