Global Development delay and Vision

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Hello everyone,
I am a newbie here while I was reading the threads for a while.

First of all, I sincerely thank to everyone whoever shared their story. You give hopes to some people out there by letting them know that they are not alone on that path.

Here is my story,
When neurologist noticed that my daughter is delayed for the mile stones for her age, she wanted to check her vision.
The 1st ophthalmologist I took her, was not able to diagnosed her visual impairment. Then, when she was about 10 months old, I realized that she is actually missing the toys when she is trying to catch. So I found another ophthalmologist. who diagnosed my baby girl is farsighted (+6.5 /+7.5), She started to wear the glasses when she was 11 months old!
She was 2yrs old. another diagnoses came out : mild hear loss related to glue ear.
She is got operated seven months ago for the grommets.
Meanwhile, we also run genetic test, three times, everything is just fine.

So She started to walk when she was 2 yrs old, still does not speak for trying (we are a trilingual family).
I see that she is following behind (sometimes like 3 yrs, sometimes like 2.5 yrs old)

The OT who saw her today said that ''she is developing (cognitive) but slowly and her vision might be the reason''. While I knew it, it still breaks my heart :(

Anyone with something similar? Do you agree that Visual impairment is indeed affects the development in every way? Anything you would share would be appreciated, thank you...

So She started to walk when she was 2 yrs old, still does not speak for trying (we are a trilingual family).:
I meant she still does not speak but trying . Sorry for mistyping.

How old is she now? and yes, a visual and hearing impairment will hinder some development. Is she now able to see properly while wearing her glasses? i.e. is she able to manipulate/grab objects with her hands without much problem?

@AladdinMum
Thank you for the reply.
She is 4y 3m now.
She is able to see properly while wearing the glasses but the numbers got higher.
She is grabbing the objects while it is still difficult for her to use the spoon for example. she does use but not balanced ( also left handed). However, I would say she uses the fingers better than the whole hand. For example, the way she is holding the pen to draw better than her ten yrs older brother

It would make sense that she would use her finger better than the whole hand as she would also be using her sense of fine touch to manipulate the object. However, it is very possible and probably that her vision impairment has hindered progress. If there is no other underlying conditions then she should catch up eventually.

@AladdinMum
Thank you for your comment.
You know, it is just hard sometimes to be objective. So when you hear something like that from another person, makes you feel more confident about the future.

We are still trying to make her to get used with some noises. She is ok with lights, watching TV or dancing with loud sound but some noises, such as a vacuum with a huge noise (its like industrial vacuum) or hair drying machine, she is very nervous and scared most of the times (not all the times).
However, the Multidisciplinary team observed her twice ( 2.5 yrs and 3,5yrd old she was) and stated that She is not autistic but has lots of sensory going on.

Young children under 5 being scared of loud and sudden noises like hair dryers, hand dryers, vacuum cleaners, etc is perfectly normal and very common, nothing to be concerned about.

I wouldn't worry too much about her visual problems not being diagnosed until 11 months, all babies have pretty awful vision in terms of what they can see, so she won't have been handicapped too much by her high prescription.

I wouldn't worry too much, if she's now seeing the bottom line with her glasses on, I don't think the OT is correct to blame her other issues on her vision.

@AladdinMum n @underneaththeash
Thank you, I appreciate for your comments.