Our 4.5 year old has been having SALT assistance for a couple of years, his nursery recommended it and he has a speech delay. He has picked up a lot but has struggled with school since September. His SALT lady suggested getting a referral for an audiology test.
So I went to GP, had to persuade her to refer him, she was very reluctant and said his ears seemed fine. I asked her to please could we do it anyway as the speech expert and now the Senco at school thought it necessary. So that was early Nov. I rang late Dec and was told 'we are very busy, we won't be able to see him until mid-late March'. We took him for a private test on Saturday and yes he has glue ear with hearing loss on both sides. Upsetting but ok not a huge surprise, now we know. I rang our local hosp today and even though he's had the test it's still mid-late march with them wanting him to do the test again, sigh.
Our hosp is great generally, I obviously had hoped getting him a private test might help to speed things up but sadly it doesn't seem to be the case. He's struggling in school, he's being put off the lessons I think because the classes have some great very confident 5/5.5 ear olds and I can imagine him sitting there struggling to hear .
Can anyone whose children have had grommets fitted tell me how long they had to wait after their consultant appt? I know every PCT is different and it's a 'how long is a piece of string' question but I'm just trying to get some idea. Thank you for persevering with me
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Children's health
Glue ear / audiology test
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MiniCooperLover · 11/01/2016 16:00
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