Dear Group,

 

I need advice. I am in a situation that I don't know what to do about. I was misdiagnosed for 5 years (from birth to 5 years old) by an audiologist who retested my hearing every six months to a year, and always got "normal" hearing - I had moderate to severe hearing loss. However, all those years, I was without sound, it wasn't until I was five that I recieved my first pair of hearing aids from a different audiologist that did properly diagnose me.

 

I never knew this audiologist's name. However, I did know that she was fired from her job because of what had happened. I also beleive that other children were misdiagnosed which also furthered her dismissal. However, recently, I did find my old audiograms and reports from my first five years and found out this person's name. I did some research...

 

This person is still a practicing audiologist in a private facility. I know that 20 years have gone by, and lots could have changed. I want to contact this person and speak with them. I just want to make sure that this person learned from her mistakes and is now competent. I also want to learn from this person, on how I was misdisdiagnosed. I just want the chance to talk. I'm not mad at what happened and how I was affected. I just want to talk to this person for some reason.

 

My need for advice is for this... should I do anything? Should I leave it alone?

 

Thanks for all who read this...