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Thanks to everyone for the support. I can't tell you how it helps me. There are times when I think I'm insane for not letting go of the hearing issue, but then I know somehow that I can't let it go. I'll try to answer all of the questions.


Bottesini - I hope you are right - the DSM criteria needs to be tightened up. ASD has become a catchall diagnosis and a lot of children are being lost in incorrect therapy.


Deafdyke - Thank you thank you! It is so refreshing to hear someone say that a medical professional can be wrong! No, he isn't in school. I took him in to the local public school early intervention screening. It was a nightmare! They ignored the fact that he was signing (and even wrote down that he had tremors when he shook his fist back and forth for "potty"!!) They saw him walk a couple of steps on his tiptoes and instantly started down the ASD path, even though they could not identify ONE of the criteria he met for ASD except the speech delay (and they specify in the DSM that it has to be a speech delay without any attempts to communicate by other means. Hello? What is ASL??) I have been in touch with the state's School of the Deaf, and they were very nice, but they, too, took the ABR as gospel. I have a meeting tomorrow morning with a group at the University here that includes audiologists and child psychologists to map out another evaluation. Hopefully I can get them to take a harder look at the hearing issue. Unfortunately, we are currently in northern Louisiana (not our native area). The deaf education here is sparse, to say the least. If I can get an accurate diagnosis, I will begin to look for better areas of the country to move to.


Messymama - Thank you for the info on the electrocochleography. I had not heard of that, and will bring it up tomorrow.


Sarfarigirl - Thanks for the welcome!



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