I had my five year old in back in November for his annual checkup and they told me that he had trouble hearing a certain tone but he actually didn't fail. They had me come back in a couple of weeks to retest with the same results. They told me that he wasn't technically failing but we would watch it.
Well now he failed in the same ear during his kindergarden registration. Again I waited a couple of weeks and the school nurse retested and he failed in not one but both ears. So I took him to the peditrician. He did have a cold during this test and the second one at the school so they put him on medicine to clear up his cold and they feel that might be why he failed in both ears. They went ahead a gave him another test at the peditricians even though he had a cold and they said that he does have some hearing loss but that it is strange because the loss he has is in different tones that children his age seem to have trouble with.
Now I am waiting for him to get done taking the medicine and he goes back in for another test and then if he fails that one the ped. said that she will refer us to an adiologist because she really thinks that it is a true hearing loss because both ears look good and he has never had a lot of ear infections.
I am just concerned that if he is losing his hearing already what is causing it and how bad it is going to get? We do have hearing loss on my husbands side of the family so I guess it could be genetic. I guess I just needed to vent for a moment. I am just concerned and it feels like it is taking forever to get an answer. Mainly because of the cold he has we have been at a stand still.

My heart goes out to you. It is hard to have a little one that might be troubled with this sort of problem. Since the tones are those that kids commonly have problems with at his age, it might be wise to go through with everything that is suggested but to hold the evaluations and the "watch closely" level as long as you can.

I think that the rush to evaluated is often driven by money and not necessarily by serious problems. It probably isn't true in your case, but beware of anyone that starts creating pressure, or a sense of urgency.

That's the thing though, not sure I might have said it wrong above, but the tones are the opposite of what kids have trouble with. So that was one of the main red flags that makes the peditrician feel it is a true hearing loss that he won't get back.
Thank you for your post. I head back for a retest this week and we will have to see how it goes.

Tater...my thoughts are with you and your son. I can not imagine what you are feeling inside. Keep us posted and know you have support on this forum.

Thank you all, I went back to the peditrician yesterday and he has lost some hearing in both ears but she feels it is something that won't require a hearing aid. I have an appointment for next month with an audologist and an ENT just to cover all the bases and if it ends up being a heriditary thing then we will just have to watch and see how it goes. I will post more after the above appointments. Thanks again. It is nice to have a place to get it off of my chest.

I'm very sorry that your son has to go through this at a very young age, has your son asked you any questions about what exactly is going on? Does he understand what is happening? My heart really goes out to your child, and I am very relieved that he has parents like you to care for him and be there for him in ordeals like these.

I can only hope that your pediatricians can recommend medication that can put a full stop on his hear-loss so it won't get any worse. He is still very young to experience hearing difficulties.
Please do keep us updated, I am really concerned and would like to hear of updates.

I'm sorry about this. I know how hard it is to take a "wait and see" kind of attitude. Your child is first in your thoughts and you want him to be healthy in every way.

If he is losing his hearing check out all the possibilities out there that might help him. Also, find support groups with other parents that are going through this.