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DD was born with a skin tag by her ear. From what the doctors said at the time an annomoly like that can often indicate hearing problems. That has put up some red flags but that alone is not what is causing my worry. She got the standard hearing test and passed on the left side (the side with the annomoly) and failed on the right. They said that that often happens and is usually from fluid in the ear. They didn't bring it up again and I forgot to ask if they had retested her or anything. Now that she is home we have noticed little things. Like for instance we were walking to dinner one night and two motorcycles raced down the street (Harley type....by no means small or quiet) in the lane next to the sidewalk. We (DH and I) both cringed from the noise. DD on the other hand was unaffected and didn't even turn her head in the direction of the noise (her left side was facing them.....this is again the side that passed). Why wouldn't she react? We did and we are used to the noise. Since then we have been trying to do self checks. We've snapped our fingers, clapped our hands, and made other various noises next to both ears with no reaction. The few times she has flinched we are unsure of whether it was the noise or because we were closer to the front of her face where she could see our hands. Until we can get in to ger hearing checked my question is whether anyone has had this experience and/or whether you hasve a baby just ungenerally startled by noise? Are they ok? Did they go on to have hearing problems. TIA!