My 14 year old DD has been given hearing aids, its been a long road of infections and referrals resulting in a moderate hearing loss diagnoses. Up until now i have been telling school she is under investigation with audiology and ENT and asked them to ensure she is sat near the front and away from distraction noises. School have basically dismissed concerns as nothing, and not put into place any adaptions for her. Now she has the aids, the audiology dept have done a referral to educational support to ensure school are doing enough to help her, however, im not sure how long this will take. In the mean time, i have again, asked, that school take this seriously, but they arent. She is still sat near kids that make alot of background noise, at the back of the classroom, with the aids it is now even more difficult for her as everything louder, and its taking her a lot to get used to them, so causing her to take them out when it becomes overwhelming.
AIBU to expect the school to adapt to a child who has been given aid on the NHS, has this referral, has hard undeniable evidence of a difficulty?
Other than moving her in the classroom to where she is more comfortable, is there anything else you would be asking of the school as a parent?
The other issue i have is them dismissing other children commenting on them and laughing, they basically say "yes she has hearing aids, its not a big deal" and try to move on the conversation, however, with teens, this doesn't work. I feel they need addressing more seriously, and being told any form of negative commenting is bullying and will not be tolerated, not just dismissing the comments?
As aside note, any who has, or has a child, teenager specifically, with hearing aids, how long did it take to adapt to having them, and get used to them? And any other advice that can be offered to me as a parent of a teen with them (over ear as i cant afford inner ear hidden ones at the minute)
Thanks.