AIBU to think teacher isnt paying enough attention?

[Flojo1979]

Didnt know whether to stick this here or AIBU.
About 3 months ago my son went for hearing test and concluded that he had considerable loss.
I spoke to his teacher who knew nothing of this and asked her to keep an eye out.
3 months on, i rang her and she said he's fine, nothing noticed etc. Which i fine quite unbelievable as i find his hearing loss quite obvious, as does my family and even strangers in the street who say hello notice his lack of response. He also had hearing test last week and same loss. His doctor said he is either clever and somehow compensates for his hearing loss or noone is paying enough attention.
He is booked in next friday for op (to have grommets put in)which should fix the problem immediately.
So is it worth me going having a word with the teacher and trying to politely say I'm surprised u havent noticed and erm what the hell is going on!! (any diplomatic suggestions welcomed!)
Or since the problem is (or hopefully will be) fixed should i just let it go and say nothing?

Flojo
My DS had a long history of ear infections before starting school. Whilst at Nursery he had the first set of grommets fitted - has had two subsequent sets due to deterioration in his eardrums and grommets falling out. Once at school a specialist adviser has seen DS each year since Year 1. She has assessed his hearing and also advised school on optimum positions for DS to sit in for various activities.

At my 'de-brief' with the adviser after her first assessment of DS she made a number of observations. DS had developed several strategies for improving his hearing - cupping hands behind each ear (like a ear trumpet), lip reading, keeping up by working out what the teacher was saying from the context of the words he did hear. This last strategy meant sometimes he looked like he wasn't paying attention as his brain was trying to compute what had been said. It also meant he got very tired (which also had an adverse effect on his behaviour).

DS had learned to read before his hearing deteriorated so has been able to access phonics but did mix 'f' and 'p' so would say 'coffee' instead of 'copy'.

I would write to school informing them of the operation and asking if there is any adviser support to observe DC in class. If not perhaps suggest that DC is positioned so that the better ear is nearer to the teacher's main teaching position; DC is away from any IT equipment - the cooling fan can often mask other sounds.

Good luck with the op - DS has always been fine - cannular in and off to sleep and awake pretty much straightaway afterwards. The key is to be a relaxed as possible - children are very quick to pick up adult anxiety.

Thanx hopefully the op will cure him and he wont need any additional help. I'll see what he's like between then n parents eve.

As a teacher I would want to know about the op and grommets, as well as have a chat with you about the best way to support him. Trying to have a chat first thing in the morning or during a lesson is never great though, but I'm sure if you call in to say, could I come and talk about ds an afternoon this week, they'd be happy to make an appointment.