Can you hear me now?
May 8, 2008 by wskrz
Alex had a hearing checkup this morning as a part of his IEP requirements with the school board (My baby’s gonna be THREE in a few months?!?! *thunk*). In fact, the month of May is full of meetings and preparation for his IEP since the school board wants to get things wrapped up before the end of the school year.
The staff in the Audiology Department were great. They explained everything to Alex and warmed him up to having things put in his ears. Not that it would have been a problem for him. We’ve been putting swimmers ear plugs in his ears to dampen the sounds at sporting events since he was three months old. In fact, the one time we forgot the ear plugs, he was pretty uncomfortable.
Alex’s hearing checked out perfect. Better than last year’s scores. Of course, we knew that because he can hear us walking by his bedroom with the door closed and a sound machine on in his room to dampen the noise.
During the test, daddy went in with him and had Alex sit in his lap during the test. Afterwards, Matt said, “I didn’t even hear most of the tones that Alex was hearing…and I was sitting right there.”
Well yes, honey. I know that. Because there are times that you don’t hear me at all when I’m talking to you and I’m in the same room. 
Very good news. I laughed b/c my husband is the same way!
What?
I’m gonna catch a lot of flak over this, but it is an ingrained male defense mechanism, particularly those who have siblings. We have to learn at an early age to tune out distractions around us if we want to do anything.
That’s the story I use on my wife, and I’m sticking to it.
Good news on the Alex front. Man, three already? Where is the time going?
lol…there should be hubby hearing test before the wedding day. Just so we know their true range of hearing
I think he has super hearing powers.
I wonder what other super hero skills he’s got going.