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Language delay - kind advice/support needed

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ChunkyMonkey4321 · 26/02/2018 19:45

My daughter (3y7m) was diagnosed a year ago with glue ear and hearing loss. 3 months after that she went back and only had glue ear in one ear so they said they would leave it as it will probably sort itself out and her hearing is fine.

I’ve been worried about her speech for a while and Her nursery key worker expressed concerns about her because her lack of communication is affection her relationships with other children because they can’t understand her. She does have friends though, she is social and plays well and is affectionate with her older brother.

Today she finally had an assessment with a speech therapist and she said she has a problem with her language, rather than her speech. She can’t answer questions like ‘why, how, what happens next?’

I don’t really know much about this. I just wanted to come here for some support if anybody else has a similar story... I’m not worried about if she has autism or other special needs and what that would mean and if this is going to affect her long term. Obviously we all want our children to be happy and not to have difficulties to deal with.

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ChunkyMonkey4321 · 26/02/2018 19:48

That should state ‘I’m now* worried about autism’

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WineCheeseSleep · 28/02/2018 00:17

My DS was diagnosed with glue ear at 3.5 but we think he'd had it for quite a while before that. It was his language development that made me get his hearing tested. He was also slow to answer those sorts of questions, my theory is that he missed out on so many background conversations that go towards helping children understand language. He was also diagnosed with very poor eyesight and given glasses at the same time which really helped connect him to people again.

Anyway, his glue ear gradually improved and his speech and language has come on leaps and bounds in the last year and he's caught up with his peers now.

ChunkyMonkey4321 · 28/02/2018 20:42

Thanks wine cheese 🧀. Nice to hear that he’s caught up with his peers. It’s starting to affect her relationships so that’s obviously something I am worried about x

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WineCheeseSleep · 01/03/2018 09:58

Yes same for DS too, he's been a little slower catching up on that but he's getting there and has some good close friends.

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