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[quote=Anonymous]Coming in to second and third to still consider getting hearing tested. It cannot be overstated how much you can’t tell as a parent. My child had one or two words at 18 months. I would have told you the same thing you said - no hearing issues, responds to requests etc. We did the hearing test and what do ya know, hearing loss due to fluid in his ear. That we also had no idea about and the pediatrician couldn’t see. He ended up getting tubes (hadn’t even had that many ear infections he was just a kid who really held onto the fluid) and after that his language skyrocketed. By 3 he was far ahead what was typical in verbal skills.

We learned that with fluid in the ears basically they can hear and will respond to you but it’s muffled. During this crucial time that actually makes a HUGE difference for speech. Because they can’t differentiate the sounds. They can hear enough to get by but not enough to learn and make the sounds.

So anyway, don’t dismiss the hearing even if your child can hear. [/quote]

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