Hearing issue or ignoring parent?

[Anonymous]

DD (3.5) increasingly seems to ignore me when I speak to her and my face is not in her line of sight, or asks me to repeat. Even when she is not particularly busy, and the topic would typically get her attention ("would you like some chocolate later today? shall we get fries for tonight?"). When I put music on my phone, she wants to hold the phone close to her ear. She also tends to look at the mouth of her caregivers more than she should, but she also potentially has a pragmatic speech disorder, which may explain the poor eye contact. I'm considering having her hearing assessed but I wanted to see first whether this is a phase that young children go through at some point (ignoring parents).

[Anonymous]

Get an assessment. Cant hurt at all.

[Anonymous]

Definitely get her hearing assessed!

[Anonymous]

I'd get her hearing checked. This sounds like more than just ignoring you. My friend had a kid like this and they didn't figure it out until Kindergarten. The boy had 70% hearing loss due to fluid in his ears. My friend couldn't believe she hadn't noticed.

My dd is like this, but it's not hearing. We're pretty sure it's inattentive ADHD

[Anonymous]

Make sure you go to a pediatric audiologist not just the pediatrician’s office. My son could pass in the pediatrician’s office because he wouldn’t hear the beep then they would ask him anything, anything and he would start raising his hand. I didn’t realize the results are the quietest beep you can hear FIFTY PERCENT of the time. At the audiologist he doesn’t pass because he has a mild hearing loss. He has same symptoms you described.

[Anonymous]

We went through audiology testing at Children's.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like she is possibly hearing impaired. My family would describe me the same way as a hearing impaired adult. I would have her hearing checked. It is really very simple and can be done in many places. We had my son’s hearing checked at the hearing and speech clinic at UMD because he was attending the LEAP preschool there. We then did it again later in the ENTs office. He was 3-4 and it wasn’t scary, invasive or uncomfortable and only took a short time. He did have some hearing issues but they were easily remedied because he just had severe wax buildup. My brother had hearing loss from chronic ear infections as a child so that’s another possible cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you go to a pediatric audiologist not just the pediatrician’s office. My son could pass in the pediatrician’s office because he wouldn’t hear the beep then they would ask him anything, anything and he would start raising his hand. I didn’t realize the results are the quietest beep you can hear FIFTY PERCENT of the time. At the audiologist he doesn’t pass because he has a mild hearing loss. He has same symptoms you described.

Can you recommend your pediatric audiologist? I saw the other PP that went to Children's but I'm hoping to go somewhere that is more accessible.

[Anonymous]

Yeah this happened to us and it was a hearing problem. I hope you find a good doctor to take care of it!

[Anonymous]

Could be hearing related, could be autism related. Hard to tell from internet.

[Anonymous]

You should have her hearing checked and check for fluid in her ears which can impact hearing

[Anonymous]

^^ this. Please don't make a mountain out of a molehill (hearing loss v ear infection/maybe needing tubes). Get it checked out, and then you can make an informed decision

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Children’s or just a pediatric ENT that does hearing tests.

[Anonymous]

Definitely ask the pediatrician, but at age 3+, you can have her assessed by your local school system, just to see if this is a hearing issue or something else. My son was assessed for speech issues and they checked his hearing as part of the process. (His hearing was fine.)

[Anonymous]

You need to get her hearing tested ASAP. She could have hearing loss, or fluid buildup in her ears. Do it NOW. It needs to be corrected so she can aquire language.