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October 2, 2008 at 2:05 pm #57330
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InactiveJackson got ear tubes yesterday and he had his adenoids removed. The doctor said that his adenoids were enormous and that his ear was impacted with a thick, glue like fluid. He called it glue ear.
My question is- Jackson is 13 months old. The doc said that he was not hearing very well at all before. He is certainly noisier since the tubes yesterday. From your experiences, how long should it take for his speech to pick up? He refers to everything as “da.” I am anxiously awaiting his first word! How long did it take your babies after tubes?
October 2, 2008 at 2:52 pm #57332InactiveDanika has her 1st set of tubes at 18months and I noticed a difference right away. Then in April Ashlynn had her 1st set and Danika had her 2nd tubes plus adenoids removed. Since that Danika sleeps through the night and she is a talker.! When I took Danika to the Dr after her first set of tubes ,she passsed the hearing test with flying colors. The hearing test right before the tubes she did not do so hot, she could hardly hear anything and which in turn I stared to cry!. But both girls have done great with their tubesstcwatt2008-10-02 14:56:04
October 2, 2008 at 3:04 pm #57333InactiveJust today (the day after tubes), Jackson is making lower pitched, very loud sounds. Lots of babbles. No real words yet, but he is definitely having fun with his voice! He is also not screaming when I lay him down to change his diaper. Maybe the fluid was creating uncomfortable pressure when he was laying down.
October 2, 2008 at 3:15 pm #57334InactiveLanden started babbling really loud the day OF and after his surgery. The nurse told me b/c it was the first time he didn’t have fluid on his ears for a long time. He was very loud! After that he would mimick sounds we made and started forming words (right away) and a month after his surgery he said his first phrase “Don’t touch it”. I told him that when he tried to touch the front of a hot oven and he repeated it back. I guess what I’m saying is, you’ll notice improvements right away.
Hope he recovers fast 🙂October 2, 2008 at 3:17 pm #57335InactiveHow old was Landen, Jill? Jackson is not repeating or mimicking just yet. I hope that comes soon!
October 2, 2008 at 6:35 pm #57337InactiveI hope that all goes well with his recovery and that he’s chatting soon! hailey started talking that day! LITERALLY!!!
October 2, 2008 at 7:47 pm #57340Inactiveklmccart wrote: How old was Landen, Jill? Jackson is not repeating or mimicking just yet. I hope that comes soon!
Landen was just a few days shy of 11 mos old when we got the tubes.October 4, 2008 at 9:59 pm #57392InactiveNo consistent words yet, but after 3 days of tubes, here is what has happened:
1) He seems to be saying keys sometimes (not enough to be sure)
2) He is imitating the sounds that cows, dogs, birds and lions make!!! This is a huge change for him!
3) He is understanding more of what I sayNo definite words yet, but pretty good for 3 days! The animal sounds is perhaps the most dramatic change. He NEVER would have done that before tubes!
October 5, 2008 at 7:36 am #57398InactiveJedd was completely caught up and discharged from speech therapy within 6 omnths of gettign his ear tubes. they were the BEST thing we could have done for his speech.
You can see is he qualifies for early intervension and get some speech for him. It did wonders for Jedd.October 5, 2008 at 9:11 am #57399InactiveHe did qualify for EI and we are already set up for speech. He has not had any speech therapy since the tubes. Did Jedd still point when he had fluid in his ears? Jackson will NOT point! I have tried a billion times to shape his hand and he just won’t do it. He reaches to show me things and follows my point, but will not do it himself.
October 5, 2008 at 1:22 pm #57400Inactiveklmccart wrote: He did qualify for EI and we are already set up for speech. He has not had any speech therapy since the tubes. Did Jedd still point when he had fluid in his ears? Jackson will NOT point! I have tried a billion times to shape his hand and he just won’t do it. He reaches to show me things and follows my point, but will not do it himself.
No he did not. I think the thing was, he could not hear us clearly enough until his tubes were placed. So he could not understand what we wanted him to do when we asked him and showed him how to point to picutres.He will point at pictures now though.He was VERY frustrated comminication wise before getting tubes. He woudl get frustrated and just scream at us, because he din’t know how else to tell us what he wanted or what was wrong.Yes, his speech is normal now, but he still struggles in this dept. When we can tell he is trying to tell us something, we end up askign him yes no questions or ask him to show us or to take us to what he wants andhe will do that. So, it’s not as bad.Most of the words he will say revolvoe around animimate object KWIM he doesn’t really ahve any workds for feelings or expressive workds yet. So tha is where his frustration lies right now.I, personally, feel his speech is still delayed BUT it’s not delayed enough to need ST for it. KWIM….it’s a fine line.October 5, 2008 at 5:06 pm #57412InactiveYay for tubes!!! I hope it makes a world of difference! I felt like my daughter had decent speech at our first ENT appointment and was SHOCKED to find out she had mild hearing loss b/c of the fluid. I couldn’t believe it HADN’T affected her speech. We got her tubes when she was 13 months old and the main thing I remember being immediate was LOUD LAUGHTER! She had laughed and giggled before…but she was BELLY laughing after she got her tubes! It was awesome!
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