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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what kind of practice are you going to?  I would go to TLC where they are used to working with kids with SN and sensory aversions[/quote]

We are military and they sent us to Walter Reed.  What is TLC?  I'm ready to pay out of pocket if needed. [/quote]

Good suggestion but most people here don't understand the military system.  Walter Reed has good audiologists and just go back in a few months.  We had the same thing happen the first time.  They told us to get headphones and practice wearing them.  We did and went back. They have fun character headphones now to use with an iPad or kindle.  They are used to this. My child did it too at 3 but has had several tests since and no issue.  Just keep going back till they cooperate. The staff are generally really nice about it as it happens all the time.

Stay with Tricare so its in the system as that will help get the speech therapy approved. You may need to see a developmental ped. Our ped could never get the speech therapy approved but the developmental ped did and tricare was very generous about how much we could get - a few times a week with just a minor co-pay.[/quote]

Thanks everyone so much.  We have an appointment to go back and we will keep practicing.  The SLP at Walter Reed told me to ask my ped to put in a referral for speech, so crossing my fingers for that.  Thank you for the advice.  If it is declined, then I ask my ped to refer me to the developmental ped, who will then put in the referral for speech, is that right? [/quote]

Put in the request for the developmental ped. Just relay health your ped. and you probably don't have to go back in.   There are only 2, or were two so it takes a month or few months go get the appointment.  That way, you have it set up in case your referral is denied for speech.  Is there an SLP at Walter Reed for kids now?  We never had luck with the ped getting our speech referral through.  They tried on many occasions but this was a few years ago so they have the new heath system so it may be different now.  National Speech in Bethesda (they have other locations) takes Tricare and they have some good providers (and some just ok ones).  Years ago they only had a few provider but we private paid and they had some strange set up with National Speech so the developmental ped was able to get our referral approved based on a pre-existing relationship.

Keep trying with the hearing test.  I think it took us a few tries.  They are very good there and your kid isn't the first to refuse (mine did too).  They always have you do a hearing test with the speech evaluations so we have done multiple ones for each evaluation, which is good.

In the meanwhile, get some headphones and work with your child on wearing them.  Watch some youtube videos on the hearing test too if you can find them.[/quote]

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