DH has me paranoid that Jacob is deaf. We have been shaking rattle or bells behind him and to side of him and he is not turning head just smiling at who ever holding him.
He does seem to pull of boob when phone rings, or I talk to someone.
He doesnt always startle when loud noises.
was at a function on friday night that was loud and he was grumpy and didnt really settle had a 30 min power nap.
he doesnt chatter as much as other babies bit i put that down to being child out.
OMG i am soooo worried now, he seemed to tuen head when mchn did tests at 2 and 4 months.
I am seeing mchn on thurs for a checkup but now i am soooooooooooooo worried
Other people have told me that there babies dont repond to name or turn head to noises either until later.
My DS didn't always startle at loud noises & was often more interested in what was in front of him then any noises. He is hasn't always responded to his name but now does.
Please I know it is hard but don't worry until you have something to worry about it. So wait til Thursday when the nurse will do the tests.
I agree with NJD - until there's something tangible for you to stress over, try your best not to. I guess its possible he may have SOME hearing impairment, but I wouldn't think it was much if he responds to noises, even if its not all the time.
I sometimes wonder with babies how they don't get overwhelmed - they're in a completely new environment, learning new and incredible things every day. Wouldn't it be possible that he's not responding sometimes to noises because he's too busy looking at something he perceives as new? I know if I see something strange and someone tries to get my attention, I'll generally just ignore them until the strange thing has been 'classified' or has gone away!
If it helps anyway, we were sent off for hearing tests, as DS didn't startle at ALL in the 2 week check (and DH has congenital hearing loss), so I was a bit nervous to say the least. We got a teensy weensy startle at the 4 weeks check then trotted off for the test. Turns out his hearing was absolutely fine and the verdict was that he's just "cruisey". Talking to the audiologist and she was saying that sometimes babies that are used to a reasonable degree of noise around them just don't worry about responding... not that our household is that loud but I guess some of them just don't fret about noises.
I hope that your bubba is also a "cruisey" one and just more focussed on what he's interested in than what you want him to be interested in. If you do get a referral or decide you want further hearing tests to alleviate your concerns... I've just added in the details of where we went, cos we're in melb also. We were referred to Taralye in Blackburn - they do all the follow-up tests from the hearing screening that is now in place in the big hospitals (but may not have been in place when Jacob was born), and I gather they're the central "place to go" for thorough hearing testing. The test actually measures brain activity in response to sound, so is more thorough than those ring-a-ding bells. You're welcome to PM me if you want more details
Last edited by belfie; December 8th, 2008 at 05:51 AM.
Feeb- i thought a similar thing when DD was a few months old. She rarely cried, never startled at loud noises and certainly didn't turn to a noise. But over a few months all that changed. I guess like Belife says she was just 'cruisey'. Hope the same goes for your little man.
I rang MCHN this morning and asked to change appt from thurs to asap and told her why and she told me not to stress and wait till then, and she will see what she thinks and if needed send us for hearing test.
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but I guess some of them just don't fret about noises.
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