My uncoperative 4 yr old has a hearing test, what shoulod i expect ??

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Judging by todays appointment with the paed, i am almost certain that she Dd will not want to do whats asked of her.

I have no idea what they will do though so i can't explain it to her before hand.

The letter i recieved said it may be fun, but Dd2 may not agree and will then justr refuse to do anything. I really want this done, and properly, so how do i get her to co-operate ??

Anyone ???

I'm assuming it will be a bit more high tech than the sounds behind the back one at 9 mths.

There are different ways of trying to get a hearing test from a child - they will start with one and may swop to another test depending on how your child reacts...

1. 'men in the boat' - they will ask your child to put a man in the boat when she hears a sound. They will start by doing the 'game' with your dd (and probably get you to join in) and then ease off so she does it on her own. They may use a handheld box to make the noises; they may use their voice (and will check levels so will be as accurate as possible) or they may use headphones.

2. 'toy test' - they will have a variety of toys on the table and will ask your child to 'point to the ...' or ' give x to mummy' - this can be done by computer or by voice and they will measure the sound levels as they go along

There are other tests they can do and may do - but like I said, they will judge the test on your child reaction on the day. Be aware that they will bring your child back for testing if they are not entirely happy about the results or if they don't manage to get a full set of results etc.. so don't feel it will be one test and that is all your dd will get.

if you want any more advice - email me (I am an audiologist btw)

Thanks JMto1.

I was just getting a little worried as she wasn't very co-operative with the salt or the paed.

It will probably very much depend on how much she like the person doing the test. TBH if she don't like them she won't do anything.

I don't mind how many tests they do, so long as i get an acurate result.

Hi my son had his hearing test 2 weeks ago, it was as jacksmumto1 says. DS is 3 and not entirely co-operative, the results showed a definate hearing loss, he has since seen a ENT consultant and will have grommits as soon as possible, audiologist phoned this afternoon to ask me to take him back next week to recheck other aspects that wouldn't be corrected by grommits. I thought the audiologist was great, not so impressed with the surgeon, and DS did warm up after a while, haven't told him he is going back yet!

Thanks geotech, i am hoping she will think the person is wonderful and do all they ask, but being realistic, i doubt that will happen.

I have arranged for my mom to have Ds so i will be able to give her my ful attention.

Fingers crossed.

DD, 3, had hers 6 wks ago. I was worried as she tends to go really shy and not want to do anything she hasn't done before. The tyest was as Jacksmum said, also offered her a go on some headphones, which she refused!
I'm afraid I bribed her beforehand, and told her that if she didn't listen to the lady and do as she asked, we'd have to go back again which could mean missing gymnastics or playschool (bad mummy!!) Well, she was an angel!!!! Good Luck!!xx

My son is totally uncooperative and unable to follow instructions. I have to say that all the hearing tests he has had done have been very good. The people doing them have been excellent. The most high tech one paired sounds with puppets moving and followed where he looked, The more common ones though involved playing different frequency sounds behind him whilst distracting him to see if he turned. Another one involved boucing sounds off his ear drum- he needs to be held down for that one though so they weren't that keen on doing it.

Just thought i'd let you know that she passed with flying colours.
She behaved very well for the lady doing the test, but was really difficult when we went in to see the doc (although she was quite scary).

The doc asked why we'd been reffered and i said because of Dd's behaviour so she siad she's going to reffer us back to the h.v and see if they can offer us anymore help.

I am doubtful that the h.v will do anything else though because she behaves fine at nursery and i think they think that i'm exagerating or that it must be my fault if she's only doing it at home or when out with me.