Hearing Aids

Isobel's Hearing Aids

We took Isobel to get her Hearing Aids today. The weather was awful, pouring with rain, but we managed to get to the appointment not too wet.

And here they are. The one on the left (the darker coloured one) goes in her right ear. This is on loan from the hospital until it is replaced with the cochlear implant in February. The one on the right, goes in her left ear and is owned by us.

As you can see, the moulds turned out well from the impressions last week.


I'm not sure what I was expecting when the hearing aids were put on, but there was a serious amount of ear pulling, poking and pushing. An experience that I can't imagine I would have liked myself.

Check it out for yourself:

Hearing Aids and Equipment

Hearing aids come with quite a bit of equipment. There is a cleaning kit (per unit), 6 months worth of batteries, travel case and night time drying kit.


When they are not being worn, we need to make sure they are open with the batteries out, to conserve them. That way they might just last 15 days!

Hearing aids with the batteries out

Drying Kit

Then at night, we have to put them in this container that is filled with de-humidifying balls. The cool thing about these is they change from blue to pink when they are filled with water. 1 minute in the microwave and they change back to blue, ready to de-humidify again.

We have to start slowly with the wearing of the hearing aids. 1 hour today, 2 hours tomorrow, 3 hours on Saturday, building up to 8 hours. She also isn't to wear the hearing aids outside of the house for two weeks.

She wore them for an hour this evening and did a great job, after the initial 'getting them in' which Mummy clearly needs to practise, she hardly touched them at all. She was fantastic! And the beam on her face when she heard Estella say "Thank you Isobel" was precious.

I am so proud of my big girl with her 'special ears'! It was a truly special day.

Isobel 'Special Ears' Corben