First Words
…thoughts of an anachronistic, solo pediatrician
by Glenn Feole, M.D.
"Be careful too that the reading of your story makes the melancholy
laugh and the merry laugh louder," Cervantes, Prologue to Don Quixote
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September 22, 2014 Monday
There are many ways to get a diagnosis.
Joseph, age two, was speaking but I couldn't quite understand him. I asked the Mother if he was leaving the final consonant off at the end of words, which could be a sign of a mild hearing loss, i.e. saying "ca" instead of "cat."
She thought for awhile but just couldn't remember. Finally, she looked at little Joseph and asked him,
"Joseph, are you saying "ca" when you say "cat"?
He looked down and nodded yes silently.
Westport, Connecticut 1990's
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