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I think undiagnosed hearing loss is alot more common than people realize. I'm a physician and took my son to the doctor constantly, yet his unilateral hearing loss was totally undetected until I asked for an audiology exam.
The whole experience bothered me so much that I have organized for 2 years now free preschool hearing testing in my area. Last year, we tested 160 4 and 5 years old (all had hearing tests at the doctor's, all had health insurance). We found that 10% had previously undiagnosed hearing loss- most of these kids had speech problems.
If you can't hear, it can make you inattentive; ADD/ADHD. I have always wondered how many kids with "ADD/ADHD" really have a subtle hearing loss. HTH.

thank you again everyone. I am going to make an audiology appointment as soon as I can get a good recommendation. I"m extremely picky with the people that see my children (we have had some horrible experiences with 'professionals').

What a relief. As you mentioned later, 'professionals' can be quite damaging at times, and do need to be heavily screened.

Sorry DYS is short for Davidson Young Scholar program, and only open to folks in the U.S. My bad!

Best Wishes,
Grinity

I have sent you a PM.

There are some similarities between your child and my daughter.
Her current diagnosis is apraxia.

Have you looked at apraxia at all? If not, I'd recommend at least looking into that.

There is also some overlap with apraxia/asperger's, in regards to some of the 'soft' signs of apraxia, such as the potential for sensory items.

My daughter does NOT fit all the signs of apraxia, but when diagnosed, they did explain to me that apraxia is a spectrum.

Tammy