Liam update

We saw the audiologist today at OHSU and it went great. Good news is that Liam's inner ear and cochlear are working great. He did really good during the test and the audiologist said we made his day and walked us down to the other doctor to talk about the hearing aid that Liam needs. He'll be getting a BaHa (bone activated hearing aid) Here are some detail on what that is: http://products.cochlearamericas.com/baha

The doctors are trying to get him the aids asap, but we have to get things authorized through the insurance companies and right now Andrew's is being really stupid about even adding him.

Liam will use a soft band until he's 5, then they can do surgery to give him an anchor point for the Baha. We won't be doing any surgery on his ears until he's old enough to decide if he wants that. Drilling the ear canal is tricky business and a lot of doctors are not in favor of that procedure any more. So mostly he'll need to decide at some point if he wants to have his ears look 'normal' if he does then we'll go down that road, but it'll probably be in 8-10 years.