Re: Tics and impact on hearing/eyesight?

[Guest guest]

Yes. My son has been having issues with one eye over compensating and

visual motor delays in combination with the PANDAS symptoms. He wears

glasses which don't help his vision but help the eye that is being

strained. Also he tests very low for his age on viusal perception

tests. OT helps with this along with hidden pictures, maizes, building

and duplicating patterns. This can make subjects like Math and writing

difficult.

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> Has anyone's child experienced any changes in hearing or eyesight in

> connection with a tic?

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> My son had his eyesight and hearing tested at school during the 5 week

> episode where he had a severe body tic that made his whole upper body

> jerk. Letters came home telling us we needed to have both his eyes and

> hearing checked. Yet, when he had his eyes checked a month earlier

> (pre-tic)as part of his annual checkup, his eyes were fine. His eyes

> and hearing were both fine when checked at school last year.

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> Now the tic is gone (it coincided with strep but we're not sure if

> PANDAS is the diagnosis). We have an appt with a new pediatrician

> after Christmas and I'll bring it up with her then. But I was just

> wondering if anyone else had any similar experience.

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> Thanks, as always!

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks.... What do you mean by visual motor delays?

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> Yes. My son has been having issues with one eye over compensating and

> visual motor delays in combination with the PANDAS symptoms.