Our appointments

Brooke had an audiology appointment today at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Though it is a four hour drive from our home, the care we receive is well worth the trip.

To begin our appointment Brooke goes into the testing booth. It is really small sound-proof room with all of the equipment needed to test Brooke's hearing.

Without her hearing aids, Brooke listens for sounds that come through those blue and red wires clipped to the back of her dress. The tubes from the wires are placed into her ears through her ear molds. The therapist wears headphone and can hear the audiologist who sits in the booth through the window. The audiologist plays "beeps" and Brooke places a token into the pig when she hears the sound. The "beeps" are played along different frequencies until she hears it and responds.

Then we move into another room for her hearing aids to be programed. The audiologist uses Brooke's responses from the testing booth and the computer will programs her hearing aids to her exact needs.

This is Brooke with Paula, our audiologist. Paula has taken exceptional care of us over the last 3 years.