Audiology Extern Week 2

I. Am. Pooped.

Week 2 of clinic was a busy one. The week consisted of regular clinic on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, training in the nursery for hearing screenings, SIGN CLASS on Wednesday for 2 hours after clinic, and a Symposium all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

I was finally trained in the nursery! I am responsible for doing the hearing screenings on the newborns one morning every week. They are so tiny I feel like I'm going to break their necks turning their heads to get to their ears! We test all the babies born the day before. I love it so far. It's a nice way to start the day. The testing itself is pretty simple. We hook up the babies and the computers do the rest of the work. I just hope I don't mess up the paper work. My favorite part of the week was Sign class! I was told about this class the week before and I mentioned to the Audiology director that I was interested in taking it. She hooked me up! K-Mo and I will now be attending Sign class every Wednesday from 4:30-6:30 for FREE! I love it. This is only a beginner class and I've already taken 2 beginner classes in the past, so the material is mostly a review for now. When this class ends, there will be another class offered at the intermediate level, and another one after that at the intermediate 2 level. As the current extern, I am able to take all 3 classes at no charge! I can't wait to improve my signing skills! Since the class is comped for me, I am in charge of helping out a little during class. There is a boy in the class who wears a cochlear implant and Engligh is his second language, so K-Mo and I take turns typing everything that is said during class as he follows along to help him understand. The rest of the week was the Marion Downs Hearing Symposium. The Symposium mostly consisted of topics related to pediatric audiology. I was excited to meet Marion Downs herself, as well as many other well respected individuals in the Audiology world. It was also especially fun to meet the man who is the voice of the recorded NU-6 and BKB-SIN speech tests! Once I found out he was the voice of the recordings, I was immediately reminded of Joey from "Friends" when he thought it would be a cool job to be the voice on the answering machine (Anyone recall this episode?... "You have 2 new messages...").

Moving Day

I was so excited on July 1st because it was the day I was FINALLY going to see my new home. It was moving day! We drove into town the night before so we would be ready to meet our landlord first thing in the morning for our walk through and to hand over the keys. Our moving truck was meeting us shortly after. So happy we made it all the way to Denver with no problems, we took off for our last 20 minute drive to our new home. About 3 minutes into the drive, just before I hit the highway.... "CRASH!!!"........ F-ing semi decided he wanted to use both of the left turn lanes, and I found myself pinched between a semi to my right and the curb to my left. I guess we spoke too soon, we did not make it safely the whole way. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. I was mostly just annoyed because Mr. Semi-trucker was keeping me from seeing my new fabulous house! Dad stayed with me while Boyfriend and Baby C continued on to meet the landlord and moving company. Once the drama subsided, the work began. I finally got to see my new home and it is every bit as cute as I imagined it would be! Everyone helped unload the truck and cars. The girls did some heavy duty cleaning in the kitchen, living room and bathrooms, and the boys took care of the building/assembling and electronics. It has taken a long time to get settled in (there was a LOT of cleaning to get this place ready), but Boyfriend, Baby C and I are seemingly happy in our new home. Once we are completely unpacked and the decorations are up, I will try to get some pictures up for you to check out. ***Thanks Mom, Dad, and Momma J for all the help!!!! We are so glad you could make it out here to see our new home and help us get settled.