Six year old boy teacher says he can't hear in GROUP situations.. we've checked his hearing?

[Yaddayah]

Anyone had anything similar ?
He's failed two school hearing tests, refered to consultant who said hearing was "within acceptable range" admittedly at the borderline, and he should come back in six months to check again. Pulled aside this morning to be told ds has to ask other children whats been said in class (pe teacher noticed it too)

Never noticed a problem at home but then I suppose its one to one , he does speak loudly sometimes (never shuts up ) but TBH I've put that down to the fact hes a BOY and he's SIX

I'm panicking

Sorry Kerry, hes had them already, he's seen the top bod, he's had the tests.. its the grrr teacher saying he's got a problem !

Also, do his teachers put him at the front of the class during lessons? My DD has sim probs at times and even when doing group work or in group sits she ensures that she is at the front of the class. this helps tremendously.

I had this when I was little - something to do with the amount of fluid in my ears (am not very clear on details was only little) upshot was I could hear fine and passed hearing tests, but was not (and still am not ) very good at filtering noise in crowds. Meant I always sat at front of class and that helped.

Also has the audiologist given you the chnce to go back before the 6 months are up in case you feel that his hearing is getting worse?

I have had similar with dd who is 7.School kept saying they thought something was wrong with ears,even refered her to speech.They saw her once and said she didn't have any problems with her speech or hearing.
She is also loud at home,but very quite at school.

Thanks Kerry (and Henni) I don't have much experience with this so its very helpful

Hmm they did say he had a lot of wax but they wouldn't do anything about it (he saw him 6 weeks ago .. not meant to go back for 6 months)
When he failed the original hearing test, I did ask the teacher to put him at the front of the class but TBH they have group tables and his is near the middle I didn't really want him taken out of his group.. still if they reckon its causing a problem .. then I'll be a bit more forcefull

(sorry for the babble!)

x posts !
Ellie G TBH i'm like that now (never had my hearing checked
Thanks madmommy
Audiologist is under BUPA .. will have to check funding is covered ..

Fairly loud tv come to think of it, but he'll turn it down on request and doesn't seem to have a problem following it

Oh gawd

When he asks other children what's been said in a group, has he not heard, or not remembered?

Thats the thing.. I don't think he DOES have a hearing problem.. I've done the whisper thing and he can hear perfectly

I PROMISE i'm not in denial, if he has a problem I want to get it checked but i've never BLOODY seen it!

My ds is like this. Had his hearing tested and was fine. Turns out he has an auditory processing problem. Similar to lights are on but noone's home sort of thing. He hears things but doesn't "get" them iyswim.

He now sees a speech therapist for it and does exercises on listening to and retaining things said to him. Improvement is huge.

Does this sound like your ds?

Yaddayah - any chance he's dyspraxic?

Not heard or not remembered
Excellent question !
I'm going to have to talk to this teacher again !

He gets over excited
He always wants to be in charge
He chatters away to his mates
He can be easily distracted

would it be possilbe fopr the teacher to move his whole table to the front?

Does he have any of these symptoms? When I saw this it was classic ds.

What are the symptoms of possible auditory processing difficulty?
Children with auditory processing difficulty typically have normal hearing and intelligence. However, they have also been observed to

Have trouble paying attention to and remembering information presented orally
Have problems carrying out multistep directions
Have poor listening skills
Need more time to process information
Have low academic performance
Have behavior problems
Have language difficulty (e.g., they confuse syllable sequences and have problems developing vocabulary and understanding language)
Have difficulty with reading, comprehension, spelling, and vocabulary

just what I was going to say - is it processing rather than hearing. Sensory integration ?

Could he have glue ear?

Had to google dyspraxic.. no it doesn't sound like him, hes motor skills are v good, when he WANTS to he'll listen (in football training he's like a coiled spring waiting for instructions which he'll follow to the letter)

This might sound really silly, but have you had his sight tested? I am quite shortsighted and can find it difficult to hear people without my glasses on (I know how stupid that sounds ), I think it's because I do a very small amount of lip-reading without being aware of it. Possibly everyone does? Pretty unlikely I guess but might be worth checking if you haven't already.

You are describing my ds.

He gets over excited
He always wants to be in charge
He chatters away to his mates
He can be easily distracted

Can remember word for word some Disney movies he has seen but can't remember what I said to him 30 secs ago.

I have problems with hearing in group situations (e.g. parties, pubs, anything with several people talking). Like your DS, I've been tested (as an adult though) and pronounced on the borderline but within acceptable range. TBH I don't think there's much that can be done. I find so long as I know all the people involved well it's easier to pick out individual voices, but following what strangers are saying is far more difficult.

Interestingly, I tend to get quite a lot of wax in my ears too... wonder if they are related...?

Advice I got was to stay away from loud nightclubs etc. and then within about 10-15 years the hearing of the rest of my contemporaries who had been exposing their ears to loud music would probably have deteriorated to around the same level as mine and so I'd be "normal" again... probably true, but not hugely constructive...