glue ear

[magicfarawaytree]

ds is having trouble with fluid on his ear - consultant is not recomending grommits at the moment the hope is he will grow out of it. but in the interim, what tricks / advice do other people have for coping with the fall out of glue ear ie poor behaviour, lack of concentration, irritability etc ds is currently at preschool and from the discussions I have had it is clear they near some steering in the right direction for things that they can do to help him when he is there. ds is 3.5 btw not sure if one of those nose balloons might work.

My Ds2 was 4 in the summer and diagnoised with glue ear in May after ahving speech therapy for a few months.

his behaviour wasn't really a problem execpt that due to his speech he was sometimes unable to get himself understood and he got frustrated.

we saw a coonsultant privately in May and he pust DS on his NHS waliting list for grommets but in the meantime he recommnended use of the ballonon for 6 weeks . a hearing test 6 weeks later showed that glue ear had cleared and hearing was normal, howver a hearing test a few weeks ago showed a small amount of fuild build up agin so he will be retested in another 6 weeks or so.

re the balloon , it is wroth giving it a go, my son never manged to inflate it but it is just the blowing that clears the eras, a bit like when you are on a plane and you equalize the pressure by holding nose and blowing.

How much hearing has your child lost ?

If he is having trouble hearing you make sure that you get his attention when speaking with him or asking him to do something and get down to his level.

Also the preschool /nursery should be able to deal with him appropriately as his behaviour no doubt is due to his loss of hearing.

Also look at this website .

Oh how I wish I could do links

www.ndcs.org.uk/information/childhood_deafness/glue_ear/index.html

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OTOVENT is the balloon that we used . even I had trouble infalting it at times.

also have heard that alternative 'therapy ' called Hoopi Ear Treatement can help with glue ear.

The lady thatI spoke to that does it , wwill do it on younger children , it involves placing a candle in the ear and letting it burn sown and release vapours etc. It is perfectly safe and she lies the children on her lap whilst they watch a DVD/Video to let the candle burn .

have not used it myself for treatment of glue ear but might be worth investigating.

the hearing loss is variable, there is always a tiny amount. sometimes more sometimes less but according to the consultant not enought to warrant grommits yet. the irony is by the the time you get a consultants appointment 6 - 8 weeks it has usually improved significantly. however every cold puts us backwards.
thanks md and yg will try to get otovent. I told the preschool that he has glue ear but when they were talking about his behaviour they made no reference to it what so ever. I will ask them tomorrow what they have in place to support children with glue ear.

thanks md will looking into hoopi treatment.

otovent and cranial osteopathy worked perfectly for us.

Otovent got rid of it entirely during the summer months but DS needed the help of CO in the winter

they are about £8 for 5...worth trying

Try a dairy exclusion diet for 4 weeks - see if it works - my DS's glue ear cleared up completely in that timescale and never came back as we kept him dairy free.

It is one of the main causes of mucus overproduction in young children.

Never knew about the connection with dairy-- My ds has always been a bit of a milk and cheese monster.

aq will try the cranial osteopathy and sb will try try going dairy free too have a half term coming so the perfect time to monitor exactly what ds is eating. thankyou both.