Ali's Hearing

For about a year or so I have wondered about Ali's hearing. Ok, lets go back further, since she was a baby. She didn't have many ear infections like Dash, but instead she had a lot of clear fluid in her ears. Which isn't bad, but isn't good either. I asked her Dr. about a year ago and again this past spring, what we can do and really, she was too young to take a legit hearing test. There was nothing really giving me a sign as to she couldn't hear fully other than my mom gut. I mentioned it again to her Dr. last week because I could start to see some of the signs:
*having to say things over and over again until I am yelling them at her
*her asking over and over again, huh? what mama?
*some slurred speech, now she has some clear speech, I will admit that, but there are somethings that only I can understand what she is saying. When Ryan started to have a hard time understanding her, I realized I needed to say something.

With all that said, we had her hearing tested by an Audiologist today at Dr. Condon's office. The audiologist saw some of my concerns too and I didn't tell her what they were until the end of the appointment. She didn't fail horribly, but enough to do something about before it get's worse. I think we caught it soon enough.
I know it is not too bad because no teacher or anyone else has even mentioned it. It really is just a mommy gut feeling.

We will be meeting with our ENT, Dr. Condon, a Matt Mikesell and Daniel Mikesell favorite :) He is the Dr. that also put in both sets of Dash's tubes in. We will meet with him on November 26th in the afternoon. I am really hoping to hear: "all she needs is a set of tubes."