My boy is 16 months.
He failed his original hearing test and was referred to audiology unit of hospital.
Since the first test the nursery have expressed their concern about him being so clumsy and falling over so much.
He had his appointment at the hospital yesterday - the guy testing said that the test showed that there was in fact hearing loss he said that he consistently didnt hear the noises below a certain volume and also at certain pitches etc He also did another test where a little probe was put in each ear and this printed out a graph, this apparently backed up the test results from earlier.
He has now been referred to the surgeone but the guy testing couldnt really answer any of my questions and said I would have to wait to speak to consultant.
Is this fairly common? Could it be temporary? Is he likely to be too affected by it?
I know that he isnt deaf as he can carry out simple instructions (eg Give me a kiss!) and repeats words but he does often seem oblivious unless you talk quite loud.
Just wanted to know some other peoples experience of what these tests mean!
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Hearing problems - any advice?
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Peckarollover · 20/01/2005 07:19
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