My DS is 3 now and had his first hearing test at 18 months. Each time he has either one ear or both ears with glue ear. However he passes the hearing test. However his speech is very delayed. No sentences just single words, mainly things he can see like a bike, cat, food.
The hearing people implied as he can hear there is no problem, but that is in a quiet room, very focused test.
My HV is not the most unhelpful, but said (when she finally called back) that he won't be given NhS speech therapy whilst he still has glue ear. Is this true? I mean glue ear could go on for years.
We saw an ENT consultant and he said they don't really do grommets these days. They can cause issues, it's an operation, they fall out etc. So he's just monitoring him.
My DS also dribbles. He has got much better over time but you don't see many other 3 year olds dribbling. The ENT said it could be enlarged adenoids, but again they won't do anything as it's not serve.
Aghhhh anyone else had any experience with this. I feel I've hit a brick wall getting him help.
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Anyone's preschooler had glue ear and speech delay ?
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dogtireddogtired · 15/03/2019 11:47
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