Planning for Cochlear Implant......

In January 2008 her Doctor , Therapist & Audiologist studied Anushree's performance & audiology report using hearing aid.They concluded that we should go for Cochlear Implant surgery. Doctor explained us about Benefits & risks of Cochlear Implant. I gathered lot of information through internet & met the parents & their kids with CI. At that time I was happy watching those kids with CI interacting like normal child. That encouraged me & my family member for deciding Anushree's Surgery.
Then Doctor told us to do tests such as MRI, Blood report & to give vaccination one month before surgery. When Anu's MRI report came she was diagnosed with Middle ear infection.so we have to wait until her infections was cured.

Hearing with Hearing Aids......

Using Hearing Aids within month Anushree started to vocalize as AAAAA.... . She started to make sound in different pattern. She never took off her Hearing Aids at waking hours.She may have been hearing some sound i.e. through residual hearing. But she was not getting much benefit from hearing aids.She just looks at our faces & try to figure what we are saying. After three months using Hearing Aids, her Doctor advised us for surgery looking at her performance with aids is not upto mark. Then her therapist & audiologists took conditioning audiometry test. The result was to go for surgery.

Detection of Hearing Loss....

We came to know about Anushree's Hearing Loss when she was 8 months old . She use to turn her right ear to hear sound when any loud sound occurs & when we talk to her she just blankly looked at our faces.Then we took her to ENT Doctor who suggested us to do BERA/ABR test at KEM Hospital, Pune last year in september . Anu was detected with Bilateral Profound Hearing Loss , Audiologist told us she has little hearing in right ear but above 90 db. She was fitted with Hearing Aids & her speech therapy sessions were started. There was change in her behaviour & hearing. She accepted Hearing Aids within week.