Jared and Joshua's Ears

As you all know Joshua and Jared had tubes put in at the begining of Feb. All is going well with them. No ear infections so they must be doing their job. The boys had a follow up appointment for a hearing screening and also a tube check the begining of March. Jared's tubes are where they need to be and his hearing was just fine. Joshua's tubes are where they need to be but his hearing is another story. He failed his right ear and was on the edge for his left. We had another appointment today to retest him. His left ear is fine but he has limited hearing in his right ear. The technician said it could be a result of the tube not letting enough sound waves through his ear but it also could be a true hearing issue. The next step is to have a Sedated ABR (auditory brainstem response) test done. Joshua will have to be sedated for this test as they need a quite room to get the full result and if you know 2 year olds you know they are not quite. I swear mine talk in their sleep. There will be 3 or 4 small stickers on Joshua' head, connected to leads going into a computer. Sounds will be presented through an earphone to each ear separately while a computer analyzes the changes in the brain wave pattern in response to sounds. We should find out the results of the test that day and then we will know what we need to do next. If it has to do with the tubes they may take the right ear out and put a new one in. If it has to do with the ear canal then we will need to seek further help depending on how severe the hearing loss is. He is scheduled to have his test on May 7th. I will let you know how it turns out.