Saturday - April 2, 2011 > A momentous day for more than a billion Indians even before the match was played. Simply because the final match of the ICC cricket world cup held the dream of a nation of haves and have nots, old and young, fathers and sons, rickshaw-walas and car-walas, desis and NRIs - a dream to win the world cup again. And India did win - thanks to our heroes (who will be so for a long time to come) include MSD, SRT and YS.
Saturday - April 2, 2011 > Like any other Saturday, we woke up thinking about the weekend - how could we possibly make it more interesting than the usual boring ones (especially since this was a long weekend - Monday being Ugadi, but a holiday for us in Mumbai because my company has 10000 people in Hyderabad). We were determined to get the BERA test done, didn't want to procrastinate on it any more. So off we were to Hiranandani Hospital. A process of about 3 hours - delivered the bad news > NI has bilateral hearing impairment or simply put he wasn't hearing anything (I still struggle with calling him deaf)
What is BERA - Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry. Basically, it is a machine-based test that reveals if the brain is responding to the sounds that the ear is getting. For children, they are sedated (mildly) - so that the audiologist can stick the plates on the forehead and beehind the ears, and plug in headphones that will convey the sounds.
Wrap > This was still sinking in. We were having guests over for the match - no point in avoiding that. NI was his normal self - he hasn't realized it. Need to think about options - and if we need to come back for the other test (ASSR) the audiologist recommended.
Next: From the Audiologist to the ENT Specialist
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