Quote Originally Posted by KBlaix View Post
What you described sounds like my nephew. He's autistic and has sensory problems. He covers his ears whenever he doesn't like a certain sound. It has nothing to do with the volume, just the particular sound. I don't think Hannah is autistic, but many kids have sensory problems, which may be what's troubling Hannah.

I'd talk to the doctor again. If there is nothing wrong with her ears maybe get a referral to a developmental pediatrician, I think they can diagnosis a sensory disorder, should she have one. Or if you don't think it's a sensory issue, maybe try seeing an ear, nose, and throat specialist. Regular pediatricians are great for the common stuff, but a specialist is sometimes required.

And trust your instincts. Even if the doctor says everything is fine, you obviously feel it's not. Trust that instinct and fight for your kid. I've had to fight for both my boys. Both boys have eye problems and if I had listened to the pediatricians (yes, multiple) they wouldn't be getting the care they need.
Yeah sensory is what I was thinking too actually. She is very sensory sensitive... but this is the only one that really disrupts everyday life.

Our doctor is pretty good. she's young and a first time mom too so I can really relate to her. I know she'll take my concerns seriously. she always has.

When I was worried about hannah's "intermittent lazy eye" she set me up with a pediatric eye doctor. when I was worried about allergies (she has an egg allergy) she set me up with a pediatric Allergy and asthma specialist. So I'm confident that she's going to take my concerns seriously so at least that's one thing I don't really have to stress about on top of the rest.

When I talked to the doctor the first time I hadn't brought up the ear covering thing because it had just started and she was sick with a cold. She just checked her ears for the cold aspect to make sure there wasn't an infection.

but someone mentioned to me today about a magnesium deficiency and I'm going to talk to the doctor about that too because I was reading about it today and it said that a deficiency can cause hearing sensitivities and also trouble with constipation and now that I think about it she started having trouble "going" around the same time as she started this ear thing. The ear thing developed almost overnight it seemed. it was like she had no issue with sound and then the next day she had LOTS of issues with sound. so it really came on suddenly and her constipation issues started around the same time.