Post by mollysmomma on Jul 22, 2007 10:49:30 GMT -5
What a mess....and i do NOT know why i was surprised!
and FYI, ABR stands for:
Audioevoked
Brainstem
Response
Which is:
they put electrodes all over the head of intended victim (and in hair, so if you have to do it, make sure pony tails are situated high on top of head) sedate into a restfull sleep, but NOT general anesthesia, and then place buds in her ears, which deliver tones that the brain reads. They measure all spectrum of tones, from mid to 'only dogs can hear' levels, high and low...and are able to determine accurately the level of hearing loss that is present.
The doc reads these on a computer screen. You have to be totally asleep, as even the muscles that blink your eyes, distort her view of reading the brain's reception of the tones.
Add into that picture, molly the mule. Molly the mule REFUSED to go to sleep. Even though she was nestled safe in daddy's arm's...we were NOT at home, and there was a couple of strange women lurking in the darkened room.
They proceed to give her the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM level of sodium pent/or something....'shoulda knocked out an elephant' but little did they know they were not dealing with an elephant....they were dealing with molly the MULE!
In conclusion...since she would NOT go to sleep...after TWO HOURS, NOT ONE SNORE...they have determined that there is no significant hearing loss...possibly some, but we'll never know...CUZ SHE WOULD NOT COOPERATE!!
and...it costs a thousand dollars....to NOT get the full details!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
and FYI, ABR stands for:
Audioevoked
Brainstem
Response
Which is:
they put electrodes all over the head of intended victim (and in hair, so if you have to do it, make sure pony tails are situated high on top of head) sedate into a restfull sleep, but NOT general anesthesia, and then place buds in her ears, which deliver tones that the brain reads. They measure all spectrum of tones, from mid to 'only dogs can hear' levels, high and low...and are able to determine accurately the level of hearing loss that is present.
The doc reads these on a computer screen. You have to be totally asleep, as even the muscles that blink your eyes, distort her view of reading the brain's reception of the tones.
Add into that picture, molly the mule. Molly the mule REFUSED to go to sleep. Even though she was nestled safe in daddy's arm's...we were NOT at home, and there was a couple of strange women lurking in the darkened room.
They proceed to give her the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM level of sodium pent/or something....'shoulda knocked out an elephant' but little did they know they were not dealing with an elephant....they were dealing with molly the MULE!
In conclusion...since she would NOT go to sleep...after TWO HOURS, NOT ONE SNORE...they have determined that there is no significant hearing loss...possibly some, but we'll never know...CUZ SHE WOULD NOT COOPERATE!!
and...it costs a thousand dollars....to NOT get the full details!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
