Hearing Impairment in Children

If the child does not respond to the voice, or if the child is difficult to speak, or if speaking is slow, the parent may be doubtful of a severe hearing.

As below, less serious hearing impairment is more subtle and may lead to misunderstandings by parents and doctors.

Generally, if children are well developed in some circumstances, but they have serious social, behavioral, linguistic or learning difficulties in various situations, he or she is screened for hearing impairment It should be.

Many physicians recommend that all newborns undergo hearing impairment tests within 3 months as hearing is a very important part of child development. There are laws that oblige this test in many states.

In most states, neonates need to undergo routine screening tests to detect hearing impairment. Newborns are usually screened in two stages. First, the newborn undergoes echo testing of the healthy ear in response to a slight click of the handheld device (induced otoacoustic radiation test). If this test raises questions about the hearing of a newborn baby, a second test is performed to measure the electrical signal from the brain (auditory brainstem response test or ABR) in response to the sound. ABR is painless, usually done when the newborn is sleeping. It can be used for children of all ages. If ABR results are abnormal, repeat the test within 1 month. Still, if hearing loss is detected, the child may be wearing a hearing aid and may benefit from the educational environment of hearing impaired children

Image inspection is usually done to identify the cause of hearing loss and guide prognosis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is suitable for most children. If your doctor suspects bone abnormalities, please perform a computed tomography (CT) scan.

Treatment of some reversible causes of hearing impairment may restore hearing. For example, ear infections can be treated with antibiotics or surgery, earwax can be removed manually, or can be dissolved with ear drops and can be removed surgically it can.

Hearing aids are suitable for babies and older children. If hearing impairment is mild or moderate or only affects one ear, you can use a hearing aid or earphone. Using an FM hearing aid that communicates the teacher 's voice to a normal ear hearing aid can only help one child with hearing impairment.

A cochlear implant (a surgical implant system that sends electrical signals directly to the auditory nerve in response to sound) can be used for children whose hearing loss is very serious and can not be managed with hearing aids.

Children may need therapy to support language development, such as teach visual sign language.

People in the Deaf community are proud of their rich culture and other communication. Many hearing impaired people oppose surgery to treat severe hearing impairment because children may become members of the hearing impaired community. Families wanting to consider this approach should talk with their doctor

The child's hearing impairment is divided into congenital hearing loss and acquired hearing loss depending on the time of injury of the child's life. Congenitality is the condition of when you were born, or it will develop in the first few days of your life. Acquired hearing impairment occurs after the development of speech and language (usually defined as post ringgit). The negative impact of acquired hearing impairment is not as serious as congenital loss, as the hearing system is "programmed" for language and language communication. If a child does not hear it during the first 6 months of life, he / she is at risk of language learning problems.

Improving the literacy rate of hearing impaired and hearing impaired children is a multifaceted problem. There are many similarities in the development of literacy skills for hearing impaired children and there are also factors specific to children with hearing impairment or hearing impairment (Ewoldt 1985; Padden and Ramsey 1993; Rottenberg 2001; Rottenberg and Searfoss 1992, 1993). Understanding these commonalities and differences, teachers can plan more appropriate and meaningful literacy improvement activities in the classroom. Hearing impaired students will benefit from the many literacy activities already done in formal education classes. For young students, time to explore sentences, pictures, books, environmental printing is very important. The time of the story (translated into a sign) and writing of the diary using "spelling of invention" are appropriate activities for Deaf children.