Sean's "Hearing" Timeline

• COMING: July 9 2012: CI activation (27 m. old)
• June 21, 2012: Bi-lateral CI Surgery(26 m. old)
• March 2012: Very noticeable drop in Sean's "hearing"
• School Year 2011-2012: Auditory Verbal (AVT) Speech Therapy 1x/week and EI Speech Therapy 2x's/week
• September 2011: HA's fitted (17 m. old)
• August 2011: Diagnosed moderate-severe hearing loss.  And diagnosed with LVAS/EVA (Enlarged Vestibular Acqueduct Syndrome, hearing is progressive and fluctuates.  It also causes vestibular issues, tinnitus, among other things.
• August 2011: ABR with sedation to diagnosis degree of hearing loss & CT Scan request to check out possible vestibular damage
• July 2011: Several hearing tests failed *bump up sign language
• July 2011: 15 month old well-check with Pediatrician
• July 2011: Confirmation of hearing suspicion when Sean didn't react to fireworks (14 m. old)
• June 2011: Begin Early Intervention process (Speech 2 x's a week)/Suspicion of hearing loss
• April 2011: Suspicion of speech/language delay (referred to Early Intervention) *have already been using "baby signs."
• April 6, 2010: Born (tachypnea and pneumonia; 1 week in NICU)- Passed Newborn Screening