Partial Hearing Imparement

aww hun relly not a reat time is it frist you may have to stand your ground with docs it sounds like they are not listening to you if that is the case go to a another doc and keep going till someone listens big hugs i hope you get the help you need

Which medical centre do you go to?

When Sophie, who is nearly 7, had hear hearing problems and ear infections, I went to J'ville medical centre. I can't remember if I saw Dr Mark Adcroft or someone else. But I mentioned that it seemed Sophie was just not hearing my properly and wouldn't respond and that I was concerned, as were other people who had noticed and he referred her to ENT(ear, nose and throat) department at Wellington Hospital and eventually I got an appointment and they did their assessments and she got grommets and then they would follow up regularly to see where she was at with her hearing and wax build up. Once they get you in touch with the appropriate people it helps. As Sophie eventually got a SLT(speech and language therapist) and a teacher aid at Kindy and was supposed to get one at school, but it took about a year before the got their sh*t sorted and gave her a new one at school. I found Sophie's hearing issues, which she had from about 2 yrs old or possibly younger, affected her development in so many areas and now that she is at school it is becoming so much more obvious and that doesn't make life very pleasant for her at school. It makes me feel crap having a child with these issues, as I take it personally and think it's some how a failure on my part as a parent, though that so isn't true. I hope you manage to find a good doctor who can refer you to the appropriate people. The sooner they look into it, the sooner they can start helping him towards getting up to speed.

Edited by escadachic

Yeah I'm definitely up for meeting up for coffee. Yeah I've found Mark Adcroft really good as a doctor. I don't always get to see him as he's quite busy usually when I want to see a doctor, so I just see whoever. I think there's only even been one doctor there I didn't like. I recall this doctor being quite good too, Tim Ngan Kee. But it so helps getting onto it this early aye.

Kirby, another though - stolen from another thread actually! - the Special Education office will have an Advisor for the deaf.  Even though Thomas has some hearing that person will know where to start in terms of supporting you and him in getting some help.  They can also make referral into the public health system so you may not need to go to your GP for help at all - it might be worth just calling them, particularly as you already have private audiology information available.

sounds like you are heading down the right track.  I hope you get the information you need.