eldest needs hearing test

arabiandesert

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bumpybecky

dd2 has had mild hearing problems caused by fluid build up behind the ear drum. She's had several hearing tests at hospital to determine the cause of the loss. They've not taken long (no more than 15 mins). She's had to go into a soundproofed room and has big headphones on, when she hears a noise she has to move a coloured brick from one side of the board to the other. There have also been tests where they put tiny probes into the ear and she has to listen to something and the tests records it's own results.

None of the tests have hurt or scared her and she's quite enjoyed the attention and the sticker :rolleyes: She was 5 when she had the first one, so I'm sure your 9 year old will cope

Good luck

tigtag02

My DD too has hearing problems which have currently been resolved with grommets.

She has glue ear (as becky describes) and the hearing tests for her are fun. Sometimes she has to move little wooden men about when she hears a noise and sometime she pushes a little button. She was only 3 at the time of her first so I again concur with becky that your 9 year old will have no probs.

Reassure her that there is nothing to worry about :)

Curious_George_2

my daughter failed her pre school hearing test at the doctors (she was about 4 years old) and had to have a proper test at the ENT dept at the local hospital, she had the push button test and failed it miserably,
she was diagnosed with glue ear, had grommets inserted and her hearing came back 100%
that was 2 years ago, and although at the start it was brilliant in the passing time the grommets have fallen out and her hearing loss was very noticable again, the doctors said that she was one of the most accomplished lip readers of her age they had ever come across, bless her.
we have been back for more hearing tests consisting again of sitting in the walk in cupboard with headphones on pushing the button when she hears a noise, then she had a similar test but the headphone thingys were behind her ears.
they said the normal range people hear at is around 20 - 30 decibels, she couldnt hear until you were at 60 - 70,
so last thursday we went back to the hospital and she had her second lot of gromments and also had her adenoids taken out, as the docs believe the real problem lies in her narrow eustachian tubes.
being able to speak at normal volume again in fantastic! and not having to have the TV at ear shattering levels is great too!
the difference in her is instant and quite dramatic!

and dont worry about thinking she was doing it on purpose, we have all felt the guilt on that one! i was devastated first time round thinking of how many times i had told her off when in reality she just couldnt hear me,
luckily i reconised the signs so the 2nd time wasnt nearly as bad!

tigtag02

I agree CG about the difference. The night my DD had her grommets fitted (she was an in-patient due to a duel op) when we flushed the loo she ran screaming from the bathroom.

I'm sure the acoustics of the hopital lav didnt help but it wasn't until that point that we realised how bad her hearing actually had been (had to get to about 50 if I remember rightly).

Her grommets are still going strong (I think) nearly 5 months down the line but I do hope that she wont need more.

Her glue ear was probably caused by her cleft palate and thats now *fixed* so hopefully the one set is all she will need.

arabian - I agree that we worry FAR more than *they* do in these circumstances - its our job

tigtag

tigtag02

arabiandesert wrote: »

thankyou. tbh i think im more worried about it than she is. i also feel guilty as, for a while, i thought she was ignoring me on purpose.

Just to add to this that even though there is a *real* problem present doesn't mean they are also adverse to the old selctive hearing ;)

Curious_George_2

tigtag02 wrote: »

when we flushed the loo she ran screaming from the bathroom.

yep, she has been doing that the last few days!
she is adjusting to all the background noise she has been missing out on quite well now though,

because she has had her adenoids out too she has to stay off school for a week (adenoids being a major barrier for infections) to let them heal and let her recover a bit, and im quite glad we have this time to get used to normal everyday noises again,
just walking down the road is a whole new experience for her!
but its always hands on ears when an ambulance/police car/fire engine or a motorbike goes past

Curious_George_2

arabiandesert wrote: »

thats interesting, as my daughter can hear what is said when looking directly at you, but if you are standing behind her - especially when there is background noise, she doesnt always hear.

sounds familiar (no pun intended )
you had no hope getting DDs attention if she couldnt see your face!

i will give you a perfect example, when i noticed her hearing was slipping again i told her to sit at the front at school so she would have a better chance of picking up everything that was going on,
a few weeks later it was parents evening and i spoke to her teacher about it and she had NO idea that DD even had a problem, she said DD was the most attentive pupil she has! always paying attention and watching closely to everything going on,
My girl never said a word about not being able to hear her and the teacher literally had no idea, kids are amazing lip readers especially when you think that this could have been going on for a very long time before it got bad enough for us to notice it, for all i know she may never have been able to hear 100% properly but it was only first noticed at the pre school check

littlemissmoney

I had grommits when I was younger so I had lots of these tests. At 9 she will sit in a soundproof box (like a glass phone box) with large headphones on and press a button when she hears a beep. The button is like the one weather presenters have.

They are experts at making the tests seem like fun for kids and I used to enjoy them But then I'm odd :rotfl: Seriously, absolutely nothing to worry about