Hi, My boy has suffered with glue ear since he was two (he's heading for six now), goes for a check up at audiology every six months but it's always improved each summer and plummeted each winter. This year however hes became really deaf on one side, thanks to an infection & perforated eardrum. Two weeks later the previously 'good ear' followed the same path. He's returned to school but must only be hearing a tiny percentage of what's said, even in the quiet of home he doesn't hear me. Thankfully it's half term so maybe the drums will have a chance to heal now but my question.... is there any help available for children with glue ear at school, even on a temporary basis? I've tried and tried to get how deaf he truly is across to his school & teacher but the answer every time "he seems ok". He's not, far from it but they see him following his friends and think that's enough. Where do we stand on insisting he gets assistance? or is it how I suspect, that only SEN children are funded? Thanks.
