Reddit reviews Magic Ear Kids: Stories of Parenting a Child with Hearing Loss

Every time she takes the hearing aids out you have to put them back in. It’s difficult, but there’s really no easy answer. It sounds like she’s doing well when she’s distracted, but there’s really no easy way to get through this stage than to consistently and without making it a “thing” put the hearing aids back on. Also, it never hurts to check in with the audiologist to make sure the aids are properly programmed and that the ear molds are a good, comfortable fit. Ill fitting ear molds, excessive feedback, or not getting a discernible benefit are all reasons a kid could give you a hard time about wearing the hearing aids. Most likely she’s just testing limits. Our strategy was just to make the hearing aids a fact of life like wearing shoes when it’s cold outside or holding hands crossing the street. It was non-negotiable.

For even more advice, I wrote a book about my daughter’s hearing loss (https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Ear-Kids-Stories-Parenting/dp/1978442521). She was diagnosed just before age three.

Good luck! A friend told me when I was pregnant to remember the mantra, “this too shall pass.” I found that really helpful and true for the good stuff and the bad. You’ll make it through this phase!

This book is by the parent of a little girl that was diagnosed with moderate hearing loss just before her third birthday: https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Ear-Kids-Stories-Parenting/dp/1978442521