Sleeping Ear
C-Note’s hearing fluctuated a great deal during her time using bilateral hearing aids. Whenver her hearing was down, I told C that her ear was asleep, never broken. One of the main motivators for us to pursue cochlear implant technology was to give our daughter access to consistent sounds. Ironically, the day that we activated C’s implant was the day that sound in her good ear dropped to the point where she was was no longer benefitting from her hearing aid.
While placing the hearing aid on my daughter’s head to test C’s hearing, my wife found a good amount of dried blood on the earmold. She took C-Note to the doctor at once. The pediatrician was unable to confirm whether or not the eardrum had been compromised; however, he did give us some eardrops to prevent infection. How in the world did she damage the inside of her ear?
Apparently, C was trying to wake up her ear sleeping ear with a Q-tip. She ended up brusing and scratching the inside of her ear pretty badly. The blood on the earmold of her hearing aid was just old blood from where she had placed the Q-tip. Lately she has been fascinated by opening locked doors with the end of a Q-tip, so we suspect that she broke the Q-tip in half and jammed the half with the stick in her ear.
"Hi. I'm Carina. What's your name?"
That's usually the first thing you hear when C-Note sees you. Her favorite past times are meeting new friends, hosting real and imaginary parties, and drawing pictures of everyone and everything, yourself included.
As C-Note's father, I stand in complete amazement of this young lady, who God has chosen to complete our family. As an adopted child with a hearing impairment, she experiences levels of joy that surpasses many who do not face similar challenges. A spunky kind of girl, she has also been affectionately nicknamed Wiggly, Jumping Jelly Bean, Wii Girl, and of course, our precious C-Note.