I started noticing dd saying "huh? HUUUHHH?!" to everything I say (sometimes I need to repeat 3-4x!) early this year. It could have started a little earlier but thats about when I noticed, "oh, this might be a problem" Went to the ped for her 3 year wcv (primarily to see what was up with her ears) in feb/marchish. Confirmed, lots of fluid in each ear. No infection. The ped wasn't particularly helpful.. just said it would clear up, might take a month or so. (meanwhile I'm thinking, a month of having to repeat myself? Gee thanks!!) Went to the chiro, had her ears adjusted and some little trick where she sticks a finger into her throat to open up the eustachian tubes to let them drain? Supposed to drain instantly. I never really noticed a decrease in the "huh" though. Last week we went back to the chiro and had her take a peek in her ears. Still fluid. Did the adjustment again.. no change. Still seems to be having trouble hearing.
Now.. is it just me or is that a LONG time to go with impaired hearing function? Her speech seems fine to me, but she's not yet 3.5 so I wouldn't expect her to have perfect pronunciation. She uses the F sound instead of the S sound in words that begin with S.. thats the main thing I can think of that she mispronounces. But she can talk and be understood (most of the time, there are occasions that she's difficult to understand). One thing that brought this back to the front of my mind is we just met a little girl in our neighborhood and dd played with her for a few hours one afternoon. Toward the *end* of that, I found out that the child has a (recently discovered) moderate hearing loss and will be receiving hearing aids soon. Just from spending the afternoon with her I had NO idea. So seeing how unobvious a hearing loss severe enough to require hearing aids can be makes me think my dd deserves a closer look.
Whats a reasonable course of action to remedy this? I'm thinking we need to go back to the ped, but I want to be prepared how to be the best squeaky wheel I can be. Any experiences?
Now.. is it just me or is that a LONG time to go with impaired hearing function? Her speech seems fine to me, but she's not yet 3.5 so I wouldn't expect her to have perfect pronunciation. She uses the F sound instead of the S sound in words that begin with S.. thats the main thing I can think of that she mispronounces. But she can talk and be understood (most of the time, there are occasions that she's difficult to understand). One thing that brought this back to the front of my mind is we just met a little girl in our neighborhood and dd played with her for a few hours one afternoon. Toward the *end* of that, I found out that the child has a (recently discovered) moderate hearing loss and will be receiving hearing aids soon. Just from spending the afternoon with her I had NO idea. So seeing how unobvious a hearing loss severe enough to require hearing aids can be makes me think my dd deserves a closer look.
Whats a reasonable course of action to remedy this? I'm thinking we need to go back to the ped, but I want to be prepared how to be the best squeaky wheel I can be. Any experiences?
