Hearing and Speech Update

I recently took Caleb to see his audiologist. After her exam and Caleb's booth test, we were told that his hearing is great and they no longer need to see him for hearing checks! We will continue to follow up with his ENT every six months or so, but that's it! Caleb has been going to that clinic every 1-2 months since he was only 13 days old! We LOVE the audiologist and the speech pathologists we've seen, so I hate to say goodbye... but at the same time, what a wonderful feeling to take one more regular appointment off of our still busy schedule!

His speech development seems to be exploding right now! He's able to say several words, though he sometimes leaves off the last consonant. Caleb's SLP told me that's common for kids who have had fluid in their ears, because people tend to trail off the ends of words. For someone who has trouble hearing, those ending consonants get lost when people don't emphasize them. Here's Caleb's current list of spoken and signed words

Spoken:
Mama
Dada
Nana
Bath
Ball
Book
Tickle
Bye
Eye
Nose
Why
Amber
Water
Papa
O-pa (Grandpa)

Signed:
More
Ball
All done
Milk
Bye
Eat
Tickle
Please
Open
Up
Water
Block