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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter has the symptoms you mention: difficulty hearing in background noise and mishearing things, mixed receptive/expressive language disorder.  She also has a terrible auditory memory.  This has an educational because it affects her ability to access the curriculum.  Her grades have always been great, but only because she/we worked so hard at home.  If you already have an IEP you can't have a 504.  You either have one or the other.  The FM system can be provided under the IEP.  If you already have an IEP in place there is obviously some educational issue, so how can they say that hearing/listening isn't a part of that.  Please, get the Auditory Processing testing done. I can make 2 recommendations:

Make an appointment with Dr. Carol Kamara in Rockville by congressional plaza.  She is an slp and an audiologist.  My daughter was first diagnosed with APD by TLC in Rockville but I Dr. Kamara after questioning their recommendations.  She did further testing and is extremely knowledgeable.  Testing is time consuming and costly.  She can probably see you fairly quickly though.

Alternatively, call either GWU or Loyola U for the testing.  GW does not include an slp in testing, Loyola does.  Wait lists are typically long at both of these (months) and are still expensive, but less so than going with Dr. Kamara.  If you can afford Dr. Kamara (maybe 2,000 if I remember correctly) I'd go with her.  You need to nip this in the bud.  Dr. Kamara will give you all the info by phone and is very approachable.  Give her call and ask about pricing and how soon she can fit you in and see what you can manage.  Also, verify that she has all of the needed equipment to do the testing.  She may only be able to do a screening, but she'll inform you of the details and what the best approach would be.  If you decide to go the university route, my bet is that Loyola will see you faster.

I'd really like to know the outcome, so please keep us posted and let me know if there is any other way I can help you.  Darn MCPS!!

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