Jan,
We are no longer frustrated, we are getting help. We have 3 children with depressed PTA scores 1 at 15dB and 2 exceeding 20dB all since birth and all with delayed speech. Our son who has scores that are not depressed [a 4th child no impairment and test scores at 0dB and 5 dB] has advanced speech and understanding. The one with 15dB has stronger speech than the one exceeding 20dB, though still delayed. Coincidence? The oldest has undergone thorough speech testing including apraxic measures 3 times now. You and your team may never understand me, but you haven't seen what I have, nor have had the time to get to know as many speech/hearing impaired children as I have at the level I have involved myself with them. You can care for your patients and interact with them, but a mother does so much more for a child than a therapist or Dr. I am sure you know this, you have a child too.
We are no longer frustrated, we are getting help. We have 3 children with depressed PTA scores 1 at 15dB and 2 exceeding 20dB all since birth and all with delayed speech. Our son who has scores that are not depressed [a 4th child no impairment and test scores at 0dB and 5 dB] has advanced speech and understanding. The one with 15dB has stronger speech than the one exceeding 20dB, though still delayed. Coincidence? The oldest has undergone thorough speech testing including apraxic measures 3 times now. You and your team may never understand me, but you haven't seen what I have, nor have had the time to get to know as many speech/hearing impaired children as I have at the level I have involved myself with them. You can care for your patients and interact with them, but a mother does so much more for a child than a therapist or Dr. I am sure you know this, you have a child too.
It would really be interesting to see if there was any consistency of hearing patterns between children with Articulation disorders or Dyslexia, as these issues are very commonly seen in the hearing impaired population and I believe that these are examples of the least impairment a hearing impairment can cause. Then maybe we would know the truth of what the threshold of a significant infant hearing impairment should be. If ACH ever does this, let us know, we will be the first ones to sign up.
Best of luck!!
Thanks for letting me know your stand.
Sara
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