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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make an appointment with a developmental paediatrician - the wait list is long but sometimes they have cancellations. That being said, I wouldn't go for formal evaluation yet at Kennedy Krieger (which is expensive and age 4 is too early)[/quote]

A developmental pediatrician at KKI will do a formal and full evaluation as will one at Children's.  That's the point of making an appointment and waiting for months to see a developmental pediatrician.  Check with your insurance, OP, b/c more than likely this visit will be covered whole or in part at one of these places.

In the meantime, take your kid to an ENT with an audiologist and have his hearing tested.  Contact Child Find (through your local elementary school) and ask for an evaluation.  Letter recognition is often related to speech and/or language-based learning disabilities.  
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/getting-started/what-you-need-to-know/the-difference-between-speech-language-disorders-and-attention-issues

Dyslexia is for letters dyscalculia is for the numbers. 
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/understanding-dyslexia
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyscalculia/understanding-dyscalculia[/quote]

Thanks! Very helpful!

I was under the impression that testing is costly and not covered by insurance.[/quote]

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