Prior to being seen by a developmental pediatrician when there's a significant speech delay and/or other developmental issues, a child should have their hearing tested. This is pretty much a standard thing. Our family doc only suggested this AFTER she heard of Jesse's PDD-NOS diagnosis. So she fills out the referral, we leave the office, and we wait to hear from Audiology. The call never came. I call our doctor's office, and the office staff tell me that they were never passed a referral to send. (See why I want to find a new family doctor for Jesse?) So we head back to the doc a couple months ago, and she refers Jesse to ENT because we can get in to audiology faster that way. (This time I personally handed the referral letter to the secretary.)
We had our ENT appointment yesterday. The ENT looked in Jesse's ears, and didn't see anything troubling. He then sent us straight over to audiology. The first machine they tested Jesse with tested his middle ears. No problems there. The second machine they tested him with tested his inner ears. No problems there either. Then she sends us to this booth where I have to play with Jesse with some Play-Doh and the audiologist in the adjoining room (she could see us through a window) played some sounds at different frequencies and every time Jesse turned to the sound a toy would light up and I'd have to reinforce him. She was really pleased with how well he did, both in terms of learning what he was expected to do, and with the results of the test. No problems with his ears. The audiologist then sent us back to the ENT, and he told me that Jesse had no hearing issues whatsoever.
Which I already knew.
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