Hearing Screen

I guess while in the hospital I told them they couldn't do an ear test on her. I think that they were just sick of talking to me and decided not to do it. Either way the test did not get done. The Pediatrician made a call to a lady to visit us at the house to test her. 

For this test, a miniature earphone and microphone are placed in her ear, sounds are played and a response is measured. If a baby hears normally, an echo is reflected back into the ear canal and is measured by the microphone. When a baby has a hearing loss, no echo can be measured.

Belle getting ready for the test

The earphone being placed in the left ear.

So cute!!

Done with the left and now for the right.

She passed! Both ears :)

Now she is testing the hearing reflex to sound by using sound to startle Belle.

Passed again for ears :)

This test happened last Thursday but I haven't had the time to post up the photos and write about it until now. We are back safe and sound in Macae just trying to get organized and settled in. It's looks like a pink explosion went off in our house :) and there is stuff just everywhere! It's so nice to be home though and finally start some sort of routine.

Unfortunately we have to travel agin this Friday back to Rio to visit the US consulate to file paper work and I think we have interviews to complete as well. She has her Brazilian birth certificate but she needs: Brazilian CPF (like SSN), Brazilian Passport, US birth certificate, US Social Security Number, US Passport. 

Ahhhh. not going to think about that until later this week. One step at a time. 

Tchau,

Sara