Increased awareness and better treatment for Glue Ear and Ear Infections. Petition: Signature List Feed

Mr Anonymous [Signature #54]

Fri, 6 Feb 2015 05:16:14 UTC

Anonymous

Anonymous [Signature #53]

Fri, 6 Feb 2015 04:25:07 UTC

Anonymous

Ms vivianne Younis [Signature #52]

Sat, 27 Sep 2014 06:52:01 UTC

Ms vivianne Younis

More research needs to also be done on kids that have been diagnosed with Autism and also have glue ears. Has a child been diagnosed as having Autism and doctors are just simply ignoring the affects that glue ears can have on a child, if so this is not fair for both child and parents. It's frustrating and can be a life long questions the parents & child will need to live with. Don't make a diagnosis to quickly without knowing the overall wellbeing of a child. It angers me!!

mrs Anonymous [Signature #51]

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:32:15 UTC

Anonymous

Better education in school's where teachers show more understanding & less labelling a 'problem behaviour' resulting from glue ear as just problem behaviours & unconnected to the glue ear. Often the associated behaviours are evident before a diagnosis of glue ear is made. Unfortunatly teachers will not alter their original view / beliefs about any causes for a child's behaviour.

miss kerry ferris [Signature #50]

Tue, 2 Apr 2013 06:05:20 UTC

miss kerry ferris

my son is 6 and has only now been refered for grommits even though i have said therewas a problem from 18 months as a result he is speebh language and comunication severly delayed

miss tracy carruthers [Signature #49]

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:01:08 UTC

miss tracy carruthers

ms Anonymous [Signature #48]

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:30:28 UTC

Anonymous

definately think that children are being labelled unfairly and not treating the problem at hand , as parents we need to take more action on our kids being seen by the proper specialest and doctors need to take the situation of glue ear way more seriously and instead of doing a wait and see aproach, TAKE ACTION

Miss Donna Craddock [Signature #47]

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 04:12:12 UTC

Miss Donna Craddock

My son has suffered with this condition since he was 3 and is now nearly 8. He sometimes seems to get angry and frustrated and also his school has said on a number of occasions about his lack of concentration.

Mrs Aileen Jeffrey [Signature #46]

Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:27:44 UTC

Mrs Aileen Jeffrey

Miss Anonymous [Signature #45]

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:38:32 UTC

Anonymous

Mrs Nicola ellis [Signature #44]

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 02:52:19 UTC

Mrs Nicola ellis

My Son had glue ear, it was not picked up by his pre-school teachers and went undiagnosed until he was four. We are now dealing with the long term effects it has had on him; he has trouble listening and concentrating in class and this is impeding on his learning.

Mrs Joanne Edwards [Signature #43]

Sat, 9 Apr 2011 05:25:58 UTC

Mrs Joanne Edwards

mrs Donna Brazier [Signature #42]

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:35:38 UTC

mrs Donna Brazier

Dr Kelly Bearman [Signature #41]

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:56:57 UTC

Dr Kelly Bearman

Don't let your GP convince you to wait and watch, demand another opinion

mrs karen perry [Signature #40]

Wed, 9 Feb 2011 04:04:13 UTC

mrs karen perry

my son would hugely benafit from support and understanding for his deafness due to glue ear. he is a bright boy and sensitive to, what appears to him, suddenly being told off by a teacher. This puts him in a sad state of mind for learning.

Mr Sel Soyer [Signature #39]

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:53:10 UTC

Mr Sel Soyer

The affects of glue ear on child development are not sufficiently understood or taught in my opinion. Our child had glue ear, NHS speech & language staff were quick to imply Autism without being brave enough to say it. The fact is that glue ear can slow down & delay speech and language development in children and this needs to be understood so that the correct treatments can be applied. There is a lot of work required in the area of understanding and diagnosing Glue ear.

mr scott bradley [Signature #38]

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:41:19 UTC

mr scott bradley

Mrs Camilla Ross [Signature #37]

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:57:40 UTC

Mrs Camilla Ross

charmayne james [Signature #36]

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:36:33 UTC

charmayne james

I have a child that had glue ear. He wasn't talking much at 2 years old. Since his ears are clear he has started talking. Most all speech pathologist do not recognize or know about glue ear.

Mrs Debbie Macheda [Signature #35]

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:57:30 UTC

Mrs Debbie Macheda

My son is 13 and is about to have his 7th operation on his ears. in, in, in, out, in, out and now in again because he is 'blocked up'. While he has the glue ear he is tired and emotional and misses out on conversation. He gets yelled at, because he cant hear. I know it is not the worst condition one could have but it certainly effects his life. Scar tissue in his ears from the operations will lead to permanant damage. He doesn't swim well - caps and cant hear instruction and stuttered when young

mrs jacinta o'connell [Signature #34]

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:09:05 UTC

mrs jacinta o'connell

the 3 month wait and see will seriously impact 18 month old speech development

Miss Agnieszka Jaworowska [Signature #33]

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:11:11 UTC

Miss Agnieszka Jaworowska

Mrs Katarzyna Sinclair [Signature #32]

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:43:11 UTC

Mrs Katarzyna Sinclair

My son is almost 5. He has been diagnosed with glue ear more than year ago. He had glue ear for most of his life. We have been "watching" my son's hearing loss of 30 dB for a year. NO-One told us anything of glue ear, how it effects speech development, behaviour, balance. After much reading we decided that enough is enough and wrote a letter to our ENT department REQUESTING immediate surgery for our son.

Mr Michael Sinclair [Signature #31]

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:33:14 UTC

Mr Michael Sinclair

mrs toni drury [Signature #30]

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:53:41 UTC

mrs toni drury

Mr David Amos [Signature #29]

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:11:56 UTC

Mr David Amos

My partner, now 31, suffers from server hearing difficulty, if childrens ears where chekced when she wqs younger, we would not be needing to prepare for the fact that soon she will be completely deaf, and we have to rely on sign language. Sort it out!

mr christopher dews [Signature #28]

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 02:28:36 UTC

mr christopher dews

Mr Andrew Slack [Signature #27]

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:27:58 UTC

Mr Andrew Slack

Miss Keely Hewett [Signature #26]

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:06:09 UTC

Miss Keely Hewett

My cousin as glue ear

Mrs Adriana Rawson [Signature #25]

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:09:08 UTC

Mrs Adriana Rawson

We waited 6months until 2.5yrs of age for grommets. No speech until 3yrs, now diagonsed with ASD, info regarding glue ear shared with specialists who diagnosed ASD, but ignored parents. Only symptons taken into account, i.e social communciation, speech, behaviour, but glue ear bearly mentioned in the reports. 3 specialist have promised (verbally)to at least write to ENT dept for more info, but this was denied by them all at the diagnosis. Blue badge offered, but yet can speak 2 languages!!!

Ms Natalie McColl [Signature #24]

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:04:09 UTC

Ms Natalie McColl

ms susan farrell [Signature #23]

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:47:57 UTC

ms susan farrell

mrs kelly george [Signature #22]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:21:46 UTC

mrs kelly george

mr david chapman [Signature #21]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:29:39 UTC

mr david chapman

we pay all theses taxes so i think its about time we all get saink out of it

Mrs Anonymous [Signature #20]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:29:20 UTC

Anonymous

patricia keeley [Signature #19]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:30:56 UTC

patricia keeley

glue ear more information is really needed and us as parents with children who has glue ear need to know sooner not a few years down the line, it would help if all health professionals told parents straight away.

Mrs Marian Chapman [Signature #18]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:52:39 UTC

Mrs Marian Chapman

My Grandson as got Glue ear, he will be 3 in June and he as speech delays

Miss Louise Chapman [Signature #17]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:11:15 UTC

Miss Louise Chapman

My nephew as got Glue ear, he will be 3 in June and he as speech delays

Mr Jeff Hewett [Signature #16]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:28:36 UTC

Mr Jeff Hewett

miss mary wallin [Signature #15]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:06:58 UTC

miss mary wallin

MISS SARAH BLACKHAM [Signature #14]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:05:55 UTC

MISS SARAH BLACKHAM

mrs lynsey smith [Signature #13]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:59:24 UTC

mrs lynsey smith

Miss Michelle Chapman [Signature #12]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:25:23 UTC

Miss Michelle Chapman

My son will be 3 in June and he as just been diagnosed with Glue Ear! He's always getting ear aches and lots of fluid in he's ears! He had a hearing test done which dianosed this! He's not speaking much at all and is wobbly when he walks. U have to speak loud for him to hear you and he is also loud as well. I feel that he needs Grommets inserted but they said they won't operate yet.

mrs elisha aston [Signature #11]

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:44:36 UTC

mrs elisha aston

if glue ear was treated when 1st recognized then the goverment would save money in the long term. my daughter was diagnosed with glue ear at 3. at 3 1/2 she was have speach therapy, 4 she was having physio to help her with poor ballence when she was 4 1/2 she was bout to get extra tutouring because she was so far behind at school. also by then she had sevear ear infections aprox 2-3 a month. just after her 5th birthday she was fitted we havnt looked back all theese problems seamed to vasnish

Mrs Stephanie Mason [Signature #10]

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:36 UTC

Mrs Stephanie Mason

My son recently got tubes in his ears after mulptile fights with the doctor. They found while placing the tubes, that the fluid had begun to get sticky and would have eventually turned into glue ear. Had I not fought with the drs, my son could have had permanent hearing loss and I could not imagine putting a 2 year old through that when it can be treated and prevented.

Mrs Tangela Eveleigh [Signature #9]

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:27:30 UTC

Mrs Tangela Eveleigh

I have a daughter who is going on the age of 4 and is a prime example of the NHS "watchful waiting" policy. Actually, the NHS missed the diagnosis entirely and it was only diagnosed in the private sector when as her Mum, I insisted something was very wrong! She is still undergoing speech therapy and has attention and auditory processing/understanding issues to contend with. She is a stark example of how the system allows glue ear sufferers to fall through the cracks!

miss Carly Jones [Signature #8]

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:40:37 UTC

miss Carly Jones

Anonymous [Signature #7]

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:30:08 UTC

Anonymous

More research needs to be done on the use of technology intervention (hearing aids, soundfield, Personal FM) not just research comparing surgery to other types of surgery or surgery to doing nothing at all. Research should be forward-looking and innovative, not constantly rehashing the old "should we put in grommets or do nothing". "Nothing" is NOT the only alternative to surgery!!

Mrs Helen Standen [Signature #6]

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:50:51 UTC

Mrs Helen Standen

mrs lesley jones [Signature #5]

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:18:08 UTC

mrs lesley jones

miss samantha nielson [Signature #4]

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:51:54 UTC

miss samantha nielson

My son has suffered with his ears for years now and has had problems with his speech and behaviour but doctors weren't quick with a diagnosis of 'glue ear' so my son has been sent to hearing specialist and behaviour specialist instead of being able to understand the problems that come with 'glue ear' ie. hearing, speech & behavioural problems.

mrs Anonymous [Signature #3]

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 01:41:06 UTC

Anonymous

Paul Daruvalla [Signature #2]

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 03:09:14 UTC

Paul Daruvalla

Sam Dews [Signature #1]

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:44:40 UTC

Sam Dews