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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]they're sending us to the ENT at georgetown medstar to help determine what might be causing it (if its structural or genetic or something else - i'm not really sure!). He has learned to read well but gets overwhelmed when there is a lot of loud background noise and for a while has deteriorated towards the end of the day, I think because his brain has had to work "extra hard" to hear and learn.[/quote]

OP, I'm an adult who has hearing loss that happened in adulthood, and yes, he is probably exhausted by the end of the day because it IS hard work to hear and learn when you can't hear well.  I experience that myself. Does he have front of room seating? This might help while you guys wait for the appointments.

The hearing aids they have now are so advanced and could likely help him a lot, they can reduce backround noise.

I'm not local, but I would take the advice of the PP with the dc with cochlear implants and make the appointments where they recommend. I'm shocked that your ped didn't refer him to the ENT after they failed the first hearing test.[/quote]

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