Devleopmentally normal or not?

[Inspired by Reggio]

Yes .... LOSS OF LANGUAGE is a red flag .... in my experience children who've had language and lost it or stopped using it so to speak did so because they had permanent hearing loss either due to repeated scarring from ear infections that were not treated OR because of some physical abnormality in the ear canal ... I would have to say something to the parent for sure and push them to not only be seen by the family Dr but a SPECIALIST who deals with children and hearing loss because sadly too many DR are not ON BOARD with early intervention and will just say let it wait .... however the longer you wait the longer it takes to get to see the specialists and so forth and the longer this child will struggle and have ALL his areas of development affected .... communication is KEY to so many stepping stones for children and when hearing loss or impairment prevents proper communication from being engrained children suffer in their social emotional, cognitive and often physical domains as a result