What if it seems like your kid can hear

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I noticed that several people wrote about it seeming like their babies can hear

more than they should be able to. I am wondering if any parents of older kids

can comment on this. I too am having this experience. My 8 month old son,

Will, is supposed to have a mild to moderate loss in one ear and a mild to

severe loss in the other. His high frequencies are where the loss is greater.

However, he seems to hear just about everything. So, sometimes my husband and I

are hesitant or lax about using his hearing aids. I then feel like an awful

mother -- thinking that I am hurting his language development and I will really

regret this later. He probably wears the aids 80% of his waking time. But he is

constantly getting them off and putting them in his mouth (even though he wears

a hat that covers the aids). We have already had to have the aids repaired

multiple times -- which is expensive.

Is everyone else great about getting their infant to wear the aids?

Did anyone else feel that their child could hear pretty well when he/she was an

infant? What happened when your child got older?

I've really enjoyed reading what everyone has written and have learned a lot

from this site.

Oh, one more question. Some of you have written that your child started AV

therapy even younger than 8 months. What do the therapists do with babies so

young? Is this something I need to be doing? How will I know?

Take care,