At her 8 month (corrected) paediatrician appointment Talia was making very few consonant sounds, so we were told she would be given another hearing test. Three months later we still hadn’t received our appointment, so I phoned the hospital to ask what was happening. Less than 2 days later the audiology people were hastily offering us an appointment for early the following week (today). Ho hum.
Unfortunately Talia currently has a cold, and the audiologist decided that this was likely to be blocking her ears at the moment. She was able to determine that Talia hears loud noises (we knew this) but could not get down to the 20 decibel level they would be happy with. We will need to return for a second appointment in a month’s time, a week before her 12 month (corrected) paediatrician appointment.
At the moment she does babble, and uses da, dee, ya, wa, ba and sometimes na, ma, ga. Not to mention lots of “oooh!” which is very cute. The only word in her vocabulary that I am certain of is “cat” but she does struggle to say it. The audiologist said that, given her other delays, it’s likely that speech will also be delayed (so no surprises there!) As long as she has no physical impediment (like a glue ear) to hearing then I’m really not too fussed.
