When i was a child i had like all other children infections(ear infections, coughing, colds etc..). Its normal for children to go thru (i think its called the 5 children diseases?) infections during childhood.
Its the way for the body to get immune.
I do think that because of my losses during a difficult divorce i went thru a period with more diseases.
So my stepfather had my tonsils removed because he thought they were causing my ear infections which then lead me not to hear well. They first sent me to a ear doctor who concluded (if my memory isn`t wrong) that there was nothing wrong with my hearing. He took a lot of tests and i could hear all the sounds.
I didn`t have problems with my hearing but my stepfather insisted that i called him "dad" instead of his name, which i sometimes forgot to do so he would get angry.