7 months old, and we had a bit of a scare. at her 6 month appointment the doctor noticed she wasn't reacting quite right to noises, and sent her to an audiologist. Since she'd already failed 3 hearing tests at birth, we were naturally pretty concerned. The audiologist said her right was better than her left but wasn't too happy with the results from either ear and recommended we see an ENT right away. We went this week to the ENT and weirdly, she passed the tympanogram in both ears. He said that it's likely she had some crazy pressure from ear infection or cold that she couldn't get rid of and that's why she failed, but it's good that we get it checked. He wants to recheck her and will do tubes in her ears if she has any more issues. We're guessing that she's just predisposed to infections the way Trevor was and since she never complains of pain or acts the way most babies do when they have an infection it's easy to miss....and go untreated, which leaves her with a lot of buildup pressure in her ears that makes her hearing decrease. So we'll have to be more observant and careful to make sure she doesn't go long stretches of time with hearing issues so that her speech isn't affected.
THANK GOODNESS!
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