Munchkin had another visit with the Developmental Nazis today. And the speech-language pathologist said that he presented just like a kid with significant hearing loss. So we're going to have his hearing checked with an audiologist next week.
I'm both relieved and annoyed. Relieved because it's probably not something neurological, not something that we can't pinpoint and help.
But, dear readers, I have wondered about his hearing since he was about 6 months old. I have stated my concerns to friends, family, pediatricians and specialists. They all told me I was crazy and would not schedule a hearing test. During the first visit from the developmental nazis at our last duty station, they didn't even bother to send a speech-language pathologist to evaluate him. They sent a physical therapist and developmental psychologist intead. They also kept suggesting it could be autism. Don't get me started.
Only once he turned two did someone finally listen and send us to an ENT. Hence the adenoid removal.
But now the adenoids are gone and he's still having some trouble hearing.
I feel guilty. I feel like I should have pushed harder. I know hindsight is always 20/20 but maybe if I had stamped my feet a little louder, intervention could have happened earlier. Maybe we wouldn't be at this point. I don't know.
But I'll tell you one thing, next week can't happen fast enough.
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That sounds very frustrating. I wish the best for you and your son and your family. Take care. Big hug too.
It's hard when all the "experts" are telling you that you're wrong. Don't look back at the "woulda, coulda, shoulda's." Just focus on what's ahead.
Oh, and good luck!
We had a similar experience with little man. His vocabulary was below what it should have been for his age, word pronunciation was often incorrect, etc. Come to find out, he had chronic ear infections in both ears and never presented the way a typical child does. No fever, no tugging at the ears, no complaining. Eventually, they put tubes in his ears after several bouts with antibiotics to try to remove the infection. Even as the docs were inserting the tubes, they had to drain out the rest of the infection. Now, a few years later, you couldn't tell by talking with him that he had any hearing trouble at all.
Thanks, everyone.
And SM, hopefully in a year, we'll be telling the same kinds of stories!
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