Do You Hear What I Hear?

This is our latest experiment at home that our Early Intervention specialist taught us to do.  It helps us to know if Ryan is responding to noise-- and it's a fun game.  

Here's how it works:  Bryce sits next to me and distracts Ryan by waiving to her while I video tape.  Dad stands behind Ryan and begins to make noise-- Ryan will turn her head if she hears it (or so they say.)  In the videos below, we think she hears the noise, but can't help but think that she might just see the movement of the toy!!

I will say it's a pretty entertaining game and if she can hear this, even a little bit, then these hearing aids are all worth while.  Even though she can't hear speech or normal sounds, we know that if she can hear with these hearing aids on then her brain is working on keeping that auditory nerve in good function.  (Otherwise, if you don't use it, you lose it....this is another reason why early implantation is key.)

We have an official audiology sound test with hearing aids in about a week.  So, I'm sure their analysis will be more formal than this one!!!