As advised by Dr. Juanita we made an appointment for a hearing test at Sunway Medical Centre since we are more familiar with the area (compared to Cheras).
The test was done at the Speech & Hearing Centre but I forgot to get the therapist's name. He was a young Indian male and he was very nice to our son. The most important thing is that he knows how to handle children well. Our son was happily following his instructions.
Centres like this has good tools to determine whether the child can hear the sounds being tested. By tools, I mean toys. During our session the therapist used marbles and instructed son to put in the marble into the structure if he hears the sound being played.
For children who can't respond I think they might have to plug in probes to look for brain activity. DO NOT take my word for this as I don't know. I only saw pictures of hearing tests that has a lot of wires to the child's head and I was really afraid they're going to do this to our son. Luckily, he is able to listen and respond.
The test was initiated with sounds playing on the speakers, but most of the tests afterwards were using headphones.
The good news? Our son's hearing is well and he passed all the tests.
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- Abah
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