It's All Good

We took Isobel for a hearing test today, she did fantastically at well performing the task again. Now she knows what to do there really is no stopping her. Of course the promise of an ice-cream is very good at focusing the mind on the task in hand.

The doctor was pleased with her results and said that she is hearing at around 40db with her hearing aids in. For those of you that have been following the blog, you will know that this is well within the speech banana, and so this is very promising for her speech progress. She is even able to hear some of the higher frequency 20db sounds if the volume is increased slightly when saying them so progress is indeed happening. Because of this progression, we have 6 more months with the hearing aids and no cochlear implant surgery. If she continues to progress in this fashion, we may be in the situation where she won’t ever need to have the implant, the hearing aids alone will do the trick and in 18 months, Isobel with have caught up with her peers in terms of Auditory-Verbal ability. As you can imagine, this news is thrilling for us.

Also, Isobel’s AV therapist is coming out to Korea next week to give Isobel, and us, some intensive therapy. She will be coming in to observe her at school and working with us as a family. We are very much looking forward to this time to really learn more about helping Isobel move forward.

Corben Family

Finally, we have had a break through with the medical Insurance who have agreed to make a one-time exception and cover expenses related to Isobel’s hearing aids, tests and medical bills. This coupled with a generous donation by the community we work with puts us in good shape for the next few years working through the financial side of this adventure.

Things are continuing to look up for us!