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Post by brocksmommy on Apr 28, 2006 18:01:52 GMT -5
 in mid may brock is going in for an ABR (hearing) he is 12 wks now. i've read some post that mention sedation for an ABR. the doc. didn't say anything about this. do you have to sedate for an ABR? or does it depend on the age or situation? -hope
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Post by momofrussell on Apr 28, 2006 18:34:45 GMT -5
HMMMM well, Russell had a sedated ABR.... I don't know if you can have one NOT sedated though.
Not much help was I?! LOL
A.
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Post by CC on Apr 28, 2006 20:32:33 GMT -5
Chris was not sedated for this. He was just a tiny guy when he had this and we scheduled it the time he usually took a nap, brought his bottle and we darken the room a bit and within a few he was sound asleep. For us one of the few things that went easy as 1 2 3  BEST of Luck. CC ~ |
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Post by meghans_mom on Apr 28, 2006 21:08:00 GMT -5
my doc said MM had to be sedated. when they're little (young) and if they're sleeping, they may not have to but at 10 months they wanted MM sedated, and I said no - so she never had one, other than the one at birth, when she obviously wasn't sedated.
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Post by ALLISA on Apr 29, 2006 6:27:24 GMT -5
Erin has had a couple of ABR's. When she was very young ( under 1) they just did it after she had fallen asleep with a bottle. As she got older and naps weren't so predicatable she was given a "calming medicine"...not completely sedated.....but very relaxed and quiet....I am sorry to not remember the correct name.....my older son had the same thing at the dentist office.
Erin was fully sedated last year for a followup heart echo and it was a little alarming to me to see her "fall asleep" in one second before my eyes, but she was PEREFCETLY fine within an hour.
The ABR's are a good test of ear funtion escpecially if you have a child who is unresponsive or uncooperateive during typical ear exams....and lets face it.....those typical exams are not taht stimulationg for kids....I was bored !!
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Post by MaggiesMom on Apr 29, 2006 10:41:04 GMT -5
When Maggie first started doing ABR's, she was 2 months old and she didn't have to be sedated. She just slept right through it. They could do that as long as she slept soundly during the test. Now, she has to be put under general anesthesia. It's a bummer, but I'm so glad we did that again. It told us what we had been trying to find out for three years. AND...the doctors who had done the first two tests had missed it! Ugh!
Hope all goes well. Drop me a note if you have any questions on hearing stuff. We've been doing it for 5 years now.
Robin - Maggie's mom
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