Miles got his new hearing aids today

Here is is with his audiologist, getting the new ones fitted and programmed. I was overwhelmed with everything they can do. The aids are made by Phonak, I don’t have the brochure in front of me so I’m not sure of the model (yes, I’m that lazy), and they have a zillion different programs and channels and features.

I’m pretty sure the kid will have SUPER EARS now, he’ll be able to hear voles tunneling underground and asteroids entering the earth’s atmosphere. I’ll ask him what’s wrong and he’ll say the sound of birds burping two states away is distracting him from his breakfast.

He did great with the fitting, just like he always has. That kid came out of the womb cooperative. When they were done, we all sat there asking him questions designed to see if he was hearing any better, but none of us could come up with anything other than the incredibly original, “Hey Miles, are you hearing any better?”

“Yup,” he said. We all looked at each other. Clearly we needed more detail.

“Like, HOW is it better?”

“It’s just better. I don’t know! It’s just…..you all sound like ROBOTS!”

We figured out he was hearing higher tones, and that all sound was getting compressed more evenly, and apparently to his mind that made us sound like…..robots. Which clearly delighted him. For about an hour after we left the office, he had this curious look on his face, like he wasn’t too sure what was going on around him. I’ve definitely noticed in the last few hours that he responds to quieter sounds than normal. Yay!

Greg is upstairs right now putting the kids to bed. He just leaned down over the loft, and told me, “He’s totally showing off!”

“What?”

He laughed. “This kid is totally showing off! He’s deliberately looking away from me, to show me how he can still hear me even when he’s not looking at my lips. It’s so funny!”

YAY!