After failing her Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) test multiple times after birth, Grace's parents were given very little hope that she would ever be able to hear. Grace was referred to Lurie Children's when she was three months old. Her parents were told she had been misdiagnosed and had Brainstem Auditory Pathway Dysfunction in both ears. Doctors reassured them that therapy would help Grace hear and at 4-months-old after a month of therapy Grace responded to her name for the first time. On D

In the NICU, it’s standard to perform a hearing test called the ABR: Auditory Brainstem Response. Due to background noise like oxygen machines & prematurity, it’s more likely for premature babies to fail the ABR. Ariana did.The nurses reassured us, false fails happen. She’d be retested in a week. The nurse in this video said, “Look how much she reacts to the mobile” and mentioned how she would jump at clicking noises.But Ari failed her 2nd ABR, and then again at discharge. She was eventually dia