Has anyone ever had to do a double take. Like when you go to school for a party or something and see your kids with his peers and you think wow, they are different. I forget or get used to it. I had that moment today. Coleman has had a whirlwind of a kindergarten year. We have found out he needed ADD meds, he is severely colorblind, is left handed and now that he has some hearing loss. WHAT? I had read that hypo's sometimes had learning disability's, and my dad is colorblind (deuteranopia)which means he sees variations of the same color, but now hearing loss too? Does anyone else have any info on the hearing thing?
Hi, I am sorry to hear about your year, couldn't have been easy...
ReplyDeleteHearing loss is actually one of the most common complications...
Here is what Dr Pauli's fine says about this:
Many infants and young children with hypochondroplasia will develop recurrent or persistent middle ear dysfunction with conductive hearing loss (although this risk is considerably less than in children with achondroplasia). If not aggressively treated, this may contribute to delays in language and speech development. Middle ear dysfunction is often resistant to medical management.
Monitoring: Behavioral audiometric and tympanometric assessment, first at 9-12 months of age and at least yearly throughout early childhood. One should have a high level of suspicion that middle ear problems are present.
Intervention: Aggressive use of myringotomy and tube placement. If a child needs ventilation tubes, then they should be maintained until 6-8 years of age, since it appears that eustachian tube autonomy typically does not develop until then."
My daughter had middle ear dysfunction at 2 months and now at 5 months she defo has fluid built up, I will get her ear tubes ASAP.
I know that much of the learning disabilities are meant to be verbal, which I guess makes sense due to the hearing problems...