Sorry if this has been up before, I searched but couldn't find an answer to my question.
My 3 year old DS was diagnosed with Glue Ear yesterday (history of ear infections, right drum perforated twice but healed, left drum looking like it might go same way soon apparently). We have a follow-up appointment in 3 months which will decide whether an ENT referral is necessary or not.
I'm OK with all that - I wasn't surprised, we stopped swimming because of his ear infections - but I don't know whether he's got a big hearing loss or not, and it's bugging me. His loss seems to be around 30 dB (but only 10 dB via bone conduction) - is that a big loss, or not?
He seems to be able to hear us most of the time (I'm pretty sure there's some selective ignoring going on as well as not hearing me when I speak more softly!) and nursery have never raised any concerns about his speech, even when I asked for advice with a bit of stuttering which started over Xmas and now seems to be resolving.
Does anyone know about this kind of thing? Would be grateful.