In my last update about Tysen's ear problems, we were referred to an ENT after he failed another hearing test. I took Tysen to see Dr. G two weeks ago. At the ENT's office, they did another test to see how the ear drum was functioning. This test was called a tympanogram and a small probe was inserted into his ear canals and it used air pressure to measure how the membrane vibrated. Once again, his left ear drum wasn't functioning properly. His right ear drum wasn't as good as they like to see, but they considered it normal. The findings were suspicious of fluid behind the ear drums. Upon visual inspection of his ears, Dr. G noted that the ear drum on the left side was slightly red. He decided to prescribe a 10 day course of antibiotics. Then he wanted to see us back once the antibiotics were finished to see if there was any improvement.
Today I took Tysen back for his second appointment with the ENT. They repeated the tympanogram, and unfortunately his results were even worse than the last time. Now both ear drums are not functioning, which means that Tysen is not hearing. I was so very disappointed. Dr. G wants to wait another 4 weeks to give Tysen a little bit more time to grow, but then he wants to place tubes in both of his ears to help that fluid drain. The surgery will be done at Children's Hospital and while he is still under anesthesia, they will do some more invasive hearing tests to try and determine if his hearing loss is due to the fluid or due to nerve damage.
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