Today The Center for Hearing and Speech had free hearing screenings. How did I find out? Yelp Events, that's how!!! At 2:27 I opened yelp events and realized I forgot all about it. I called over there and asked if it would be ok if I came on by for the screening since it was supposed to be over at 3. The kind lady on the phone said "come on"!! I grab the kid and sped down Shepherd to get there by 2:43. We only almost died twice.
We were in and out in 10 minutes. First, they performed the standard headphones with the tones test. Raise your hand when you hear a sound. But, he did not do well on that one so she put these things in his ears that sent out beeps and measured how his inner ear reacted. The boy flunked his test (first test he has ever flunked.) The Audiologist told us to go to our pediatrician and have him get on an antibiotic to make sure there is NO infection in his ears, then come back and get the full diagnostics. She asked about our insurance, which we have none, and luckily they have a sliding scale based on income. So, hopefully when all is said and done, this will not break the bank.
I really appreciated the intern who posted this event on Yelp Events. read more