ENT Referral

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Just looking for someone with some similar experience to tell me what to expect.

DD, 2.4, has been pretty slow with her speech and at her 2 year check the HV wanted her to have a hearing test.

GP prescribes some ear drops as she has a lot of wax build up. Used the drops for 4 weeks and went back to see GP for follow up.

More drops prescribed, and also has been referred to ENT. GP said that if she was an adult she would need her ears syringing but she is too young and there are other ways of getting it out. And after it's removed she'll need a hearing test.

Can anyone tell me how they might go about this as I'm now imagining pinning her down and them poking her ears and need to be told otherwise :o

TIA

Many thanks

We are off to ENT with our 6month old next week as his ear is blocked full of wax (or possibly after birth!) you can't even see the ear drum!
They mentioned suction to remove it.

I hope its not painful :(

I hope so too. You'll have to let me know how you get on.

The GP said something to me about using special cue tip like things which I'm not keen on because my DD hates people fiddliing about. It's taken about a dozen trips to the shoe shop just for her to let the lady measure her feet.

How long did your referral take?

Earwax can be sucked out - I've had it done as an adult, and if anything is more gentle and less painful than getting ears irrigated with water (which is what ear syringing is). It's noisy, and they have to be quite still, but I found it painless. Don't have experience of how they do it in children, but I would guess it's a similar procedure (not sure how else they would get the wax out!).

Thanks teeny, I do hope they suggest some suction method, as opposed to using cue tips.

I know syringing is not in the equation so just have to wait and see. i'm pleased it wwas gentle :)