Caleb Paul Hlebiczki: Hearing Specialist

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Hearing Specialist

Today Caleb has an appointment with the Hearing Specialist from Children's to start the process to see if Caleb is a candidate to get a hearing implant to help him hear. As far as I know, there are two types the Cochlear and the Baha. I do not believe Caleb is a candidate for the Cochlear as he does have 5% hearing in the one ear that he can hear out of and with the Cochlear that would destroy what hearing he has to give him an electronic type of hearing. So today we meet with Dr. Kitsko and see what he has to say. I have a feeling he will have a full audiology workup and at least an MRI or Catscan in the future as part of the workup, but at least the ball is rolling and we will start to become more knowledgeable with the implant possibility.

I will update when I know more.

God Bless you all!!

God Bless Caleb and Camryn!!

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Caleb had several anomalies to deal with from birth due to his two rare syndromes. Some have been repaired through many surgeries, others will be managed via different methods throughout his life. Some of these anomalies are: hydrocephalis (water on the brain), agenesus of the corpus callosum (missing the major bridgeway between the left and right side of his brain), kiari malformation (small and low set cerebellum), abnormal folds on his brain, deafness (deaf in the left ear and moderate/severely deaf in the right ear), cleft lip and palate, two holes in the heart, an extra atrium (chamber of the heart), hypoparathyroid, severe GERD (reflux), double hip dysplasia, no immune system, severe delays and aversions, hernias (umbilical, inguinal, hiatal), history of pancreatitis (due to being on IV nutrition for an extended amount of time). The list is extensive but this is a general introduction of what Caleb has dealt with.