Play at the Emmeline.

We had a play visit to the Emmeline Centre on Wednesday last week. Our friend Gavin was attending for other reasons and we had an appointment in the Metabolic unit in the afternoon. It seemed like a good opportunity to take Mary along for a play. She usually just screams when we get there and it is very difficult for the audiologist to tune Mary appropriately.

When we arrived one of her Legups friends was there in the corridor. She seemed happy to see him but refused to get out of her pram. Indeed when I unfastened the straps she signed for them to be refastened.

Our Speech and Language rehabilitaionist (?) organised for her 1pm appointment girl to come in early. Thank you to them for their help. As they went into the room I made to get Mary out of the pram and she screamed. But as the room was set up for play she soon came round with only a few suspcious glances. We played some nice sound games designed to ease her anxiety and get her to listen. We sang Baa Baa Black Sheep at the end. Her face was funny when we just got up and walked out. We will se how she goes this Wednesday when she has to have a tunign session. I think she is in need of this desperately. But unless she performs properly at the hearing test they cannot fully adjust her sound input to match what she can hear.

Oh well Fun and games as usual with Mary.

I think however that even if she had perfect hearing she would not be a good listener. Good session all round.