oh my friend, how your opinion shall too change in about 14 years and 9 months from now.
If not sooner.
Hearing testing for a teen?
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If not sooner.
SoMDGirl42
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buddscreekman
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Of course I do. Just not with any pissant jerkoffs. So I guess I want her to be a lesbian.
I'm sure there are no pissant lesbians.
My daughter has worn hearing aides since she was 5 (now 14), and I also happen to work for a non-profit that advocates for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Hearing aides today are so small most girls hairstyles will cover them up. My daughter sees Patricia Craun at the Children's Hospital outpatient center in Upper Marlboro.
She will actually be able to get accommodations at school if she is diagnosed with hearing loss (504 plan). My own daughter doesn't need much along those lines, but things like having the captions turned on when they are watching a video in class (especially if they are doing graded work based on it) and seating towards the front of the class are a big help. A school district audiologist pops by about once a month to check that my daughter is hearing ok/hearing aides working.
As far as comments from other kids..so far in HS my daughter hasn't had any issues. Some problems in Middle School, but it was on the same level that MS kids tend to zero in on ANYTHING different about other kids to pick on, not her hearing aides specifically.
Hearing aides today are so small most girls hairstyles will cover them up. My daughter sees Patricia Craun at the Children's Hospital outpatient center in Upper Marlboro.
She will actually be able to get accommodations at school if she is diagnosed with hearing loss (504 plan). My own daughter doesn't need much along those lines, but things like having the captions turned on when they are watching a video in class (especially if they are doing graded work based on it) and seating towards the front of the class are a big help. A school district audiologist pops by about once a month to check that my daughter is hearing ok/hearing aides working.
As far as comments from other kids..so far in HS my daughter hasn't had any issues. Some problems in Middle School, but it was on the same level that MS kids tend to zero in on ANYTHING different about other kids to pick on, not her hearing aides specifically.
buddscreekman
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Hey everyone - just an update,we had to cancel the appointment and reschedule it. Wife is handling this one since I'm sick,but she'll be updating later this evening.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
I haven't been consulted yet..
itsbob
I bowl overhand
This doesn't sound like a hearing problem to me..
and that's my professional opinion..
as a pseudo engineer..
buddscreekman
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Well,it remains a mystery. She got all the testing done and basically,the short version is her hearing fine. On the low end of being fine and the dr. said she would have expected better at her age,but still within normal limits. Essentially said that this doesn't rule out a neurologic basis but excludes any ear-centric causes. Daughter feels like no one believes her.
itsbob
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kwillia
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I'm so glad you got her tested! To bad it wasn't an easy fix though... guess she just has to live with whatever it is...
StrawberryGal
Sweet and Innocent
I was born with nerve damage hearing loss in both ears. Even when I wore hearing aids and read lips, it is very hard to determine what is being said. Communication is very hard. I'm thankful to learned and use American Sign Language to help with communication and makes it a lot easier.
Yep. Sure sounds like my hearing loss... also sounds like a teen who doesn't want to even think about wearing a hearing aid.
If she doe find out she should wear hearing aids... don't feel the need right off the bat to buy two... the digital technology today is SO AMAZING that one is all I need and I have significant hearing loss in both ears. Insist that they have her demo ONLY ONE and also make sure that they turn on the radio as background noise when they do the whisper test so that your daughter can see what she's been missing all this time! If she needs one, she can get one that goes in the ear and is pretty much not even visible. Please don't let her not get one... it is a significant quality of life improvement to be able to hear normal and not what she has grown used to as normal.
Digital Technology hearing aides doesn't help me at all. I have 95% hearing loss in left ear and 89% hearing loss in right ear. I can not hear anything in my left ear at all. I have some hearing in my right ear, but I only can hear something very loud (no high pitch sounds).
I'm NOT qualify for Cochlear Implant (CI) due to the type of hearing loss and nerve damage I have. CI will NOT work at all.
You need to get second opinion. It's always good to get second opinion. Here's my audiologist's contact information:
Gary Mendelson
The Mendelson Group
Potomac, Maryland 20854
Phone: (301) 299-6714
Toll-Free: (800) 647-5948
Fax: (301) 983-9396
E-mail: gdmendelson@comcast.net
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday:
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday:
09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Call For An Appointment!
Potomac, Maryland 20854
Phone: (301) 299-6714
Toll-Free: (800) 647-5948
Fax: (301) 983-9396
E-mail: gdmendelson@comcast.net
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday:
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday:
09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Call For An Appointment!
Hearing Aids & Assistive Devices Retail - Potomac, MD - The Mendelson Group
Dr. Gary Mendelson has been my audiologist since 1984. I know he is located in Rockville, Maryland, but he come down to SOMD every once or twice a week to meet with his clients.
If you have any questions, please send me a PM.
SoMDGirl42
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what were "all" the tests. I still think it sounds like Central Auditory Processing Deficit. That requires a specific test. :shrug:
buddscreekman
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It was surprisingly quick. The lady put a probe thing into our daughter's ears,and said she was checking her ear drums,and cochlea. Then,she placed her in a sound booth and said things for her to repeat,or press a button when she heard a noise.
I noticed that multiple times I heard her say one word to be repeated and our daughter would get it wrong,or she was obviously guessing by the tone of her voice. But,when it was all over with,she just said everything was normal.
StrawberryGal
Sweet and Innocent
Okay, that's not normal if your daughter kept getting it wrong. Get a second opinion!
bohman
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I was diagnosed with a mild version of this many years ago. I have excellent hearing - better than most people - but my brain just doesn't always know what to do with speech. I'm constantly asking people to repeat themselves (just ask my wife) and I avoid phone calls at work like the plague. Email is much better for me.A few minutes of Googling got me this. CAPD - Central Auditory Processing Disorders and ADHD The majority of this description fits me, and maybe you'll see aspects of your daughter's behavior here, too.
The delay in processing normally plays out like this for me: Person says something to me. I say, "What?" because I didn't understand them, even though I heard them. They'll start to repeat themselves, but halfway through their sentence, suddenly it *clicks* for me - I understand what they said and no longer need them to repeat it. I just need an extra second or two for my brain to figure out what has been said to me. Meanwhile, though, those few seconds of delay disrupted the conversation and piss off the person talking to me.
Get your daughter to some specialists. At the very least you and she can figure out what's going on, which should help both of you feel better about whatever it may be.
How about a neurologist? Calvert has neurologists from Georgetown Univ Hospital now.