Selective hearing??

[happyred]

My 4 yr old son recently had a cold and was full of snot for a couple of weeks. Although it seems to have cleared up nasaly, his ears seem to still be affected. I find myself repeating what i say about 3 or 4 times before he hears me properly.
I;m getting slightly worried because when i was about 6-12 yrs old, i had hearing difficulties, but thankfully that all went by the time i started secondary school.
I spoke to a pharmacist last thurs and he said to buy Sudafed, which i did, but he still seems to not hear! Should i make an appointment to see his doctor, of do you think it will pass?

[Tiny E. A]

Make an appointment if only to put your mind at rest, especially as you had a history of it in childhood. It will probably be nothing to worry about but at least you'll know for sure!

[pixiepie]

my children all get like this when they have colds. However its worth getting them checked out as 2 of mine had glue ear. Both grown out of it now but we had 2 options we could have grommets in or we could monitor it. We chose monitoring and both had big improvement over the months. Selective deafness is part of being a kid although i still do it with my dad and im 31.

[curiosity]

My daughter had glue ear, sorted with gromits. But even now at 16 when she gets a head cold she will suffer mild deafness. But best to get it checked, cos she was affected in class, apparently it is worse when in a group with background noise a bit like being at the swimming baths. Good luck

[Solarjunkie]

It's one of the things that can be sorted by a cranial osteopath, well worth looking into it before the invasive option of grommits.

[corraine]

It might be worth speaking to your health visitor about a condition called glue ear, fairly common in children particually after a cold, otherwise make sure you actually have your childs attention when speaking to him, often children just tune out to what we are saying because there interest is elsewhere at the time, a good way of making sure he has taken in what you say to him is to ask him to repeat what you said, then at least you know he has heard you and understands what yuou are asking him to do.