Hearing Information

Traci J asked:


My son is 5 and has had a lot of ear infections but never tubes. Recently he has been having a hard time hearing. I asked his doctor about this and she made him an appointment with an audiologist. What exactly does an audiologist do? Tubes? Any information on this will be appreciated.

♪♫Lainey♪♫ asked:


My 3 year old daughter was screened at pre-school today and it has been discovered that she has a hearing loss.

Children her age should be able to hear noises/voices as low as 25 decibles.

She couldn’t hear anything under 40 decibles.

She was screened at birth, and had no problems with her hearing then.

She hasn’t been screened since because her speech is excellent if better then kids her age. Although she has trouble with certian words or sounds, which everyone thought was ok for her age.

I had noticed that over the last year she said “what?” and “huh?” a lot but I thought it was our fault for not speaking loud enough or clear enough for her.

I was just wondering if anyone had any advice or similar experience.

What percentage of hearing loss is this?

I can’t get her into her doctor till the 26th of this month for another screening, and they won’t answer any questions because they have not screened her yet.

I am kind of at a loss here.

HELP!
The nurse who administered the test Checked her to see if she had a slight cold or fluid in her ears and she didn’t.

Thats why this kinda bothering me.