The child is now 2 years 10 months of age.

• After reading the report below, discuss how you would modify his amplification.  Also, describe your approach to ready the patient for play audiometry – what can be done to hasten that learning process?
• Would you rather find thresholds on a nearly 3 year old or a child of 11 months?  How does this case refute the “conventional wisdom” that once was given to concerned parents: “No sense worrying about possible hearing loss in an infant, the audiologist can’t test a child’s hearing until he or she is 2 or 3 years old anyhow.”