Gromits

[karlahine]

Hi all,
my son recently had gromits fitted but what a long haul that was! It started at the age of 3 that I noticed there was a problem with his speech, it took ages for anyone to listen and finally got an appointment for a speech therapist who said there was nothing wrong! A couple of years later and I caught him lip reading and not being able to hear me unless I spoke loudly! At that point I returned again to the Doctor who again said there was nothing wrong, yet another battle on my hands and managed to get a referral to the hospital who then said there was a problem he had glue in ear in both ears, his hearing was like trying to hear under water! Finally managed to the op sorted and now he's just going from strength to strength, his reading has developed virtually overnight and my voice is feeling much better now that I have no need to raise it any longer! I'm cross at the fact the speech therapist just sent me away rather than referring us for a hearing test, which apparently is what they are supposed to do! Moral to the story? As a mother you know you're child better than anyone, therefore if you think there is a problem don't give up!

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I went through this with DD1 from the age of two and a half, I knew her speech wasn't developing properly, did anyone offer me a hearing test??? NO! Referred to speech therapy! she eventually got grommets in and tonsils and adinoids out after constant badgering, and I thought my two year old DD2 was having speech delay so told the doctor I wasn't mucking about with speech therapist this time, I wanted a hearing test. Thankfully her speech has now improved. But yes, DD1 has her grommets a year ago at age 4 and has went from strength to strength speech wise, but it all could have been avoided if she had a hearing test BEFORE speech therapy. Common sense should prevail here because surely speech therapy can't work if the child cannot hear in the first place