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Audiology Assesment : Hearing tests for Autism

Audiologist

Hi

I am an audiologist and my main role is to test childrens hearing, it has come to my attention that over the last few years we have seen an increase in those children with autism.

I just wonder if anyone has had any experience with the hearing assesment with their children and how they feel the hearing test went and how the audiologist manged to test your childs hearing?  

I am very conscience as an audiologist and relaise that at times due to lack of understanding and training that obtaining a hearing test can be very difficult ?

I just wonder what you as parents feel and is there any advice and tips you may wish to give to help us audiologists?.....also any fellow audiologists out there who have any tips??

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  • I suppose it depends on the level of autism a child has, my son coped well, i had prepared him for what was comming each time, i was told by the audiologist not to look for a label when i mentioned autism,however i want to know whats wrong with him and how we and others can help him,so that left me slightly offended but only slightly because he was a lovely man.

    My son now has the specail hearing aids to reduce noise and they are working well,some days he doesnt want to wear them thats fine, we are going with the flow,sometimes he says they hurt his ears, so we take them out.

    I am thankful to the audiologist that we may get somewhere, to the point we may be able to use an outside toilet or to the point he wont have a meltdown in the supermarket,we shall have to wait and see.

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  • I suppose it depends on the level of autism a child has, my son coped well, i had prepared him for what was comming each time, i was told by the audiologist not to look for a label when i mentioned autism,however i want to know whats wrong with him and how we and others can help him,so that left me slightly offended but only slightly because he was a lovely man.

    My son now has the specail hearing aids to reduce noise and they are working well,some days he doesnt want to wear them thats fine, we are going with the flow,sometimes he says they hurt his ears, so we take them out.

    I am thankful to the audiologist that we may get somewhere, to the point we may be able to use an outside toilet or to the point he wont have a meltdown in the supermarket,we shall have to wait and see.

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