Causes & Signs of Hearing Loss in Children

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Causes Signs of Hearing Loss in Children
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Causes of Hearing Loss in Children

• Hearing loss problem occurs in child is depends
  on so many factor, if hearing disability at birth
  then this is known as Congenital hearing loss.
  Cause of hearing loss in children is depend on so
  many factor like infection or genetic factor.
• some know causes of hearing impairment are
• A family history of hearing loss.
• Frequent and/or recurring ear infections as an
  infant or todder.
• Meningitis,Measles and CMV(Cytomegalovirus)
  Infection.
• Some antibiotics and chemotherapy treatments that
  may have hearing loss as one of the side effects.

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Other Risk Factors

• The Children may also be tested for a Hearing
  impairment if they experienced any of the
  following
• If the child was born premature and/or weighed
  less then 2 lbs at birth.
• Required ventilation assistance for more then 10
  days right after birth.
• Scored very low on the Apgar Test at Birth.
• Experienced severe jaundice after birth.

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Signs Symptoms of a Hearing Impairment in
Children

• The child may experience frequent ear infections.
• The child may be delayed in their language
  development.
• The child may find it difficult to identify or
  locate certain sounds.
• The child may watch TV at a really high volume.
• The child's speech may sound different or speak
  clearly.
• The child may have beavioural issues,displaying
  inattentiveness and disruptive behaviour.

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Early Intervention Specialist

• A professional with an education background, the
  early Intervention Specialist would assist in
  finding community resources, defining family
  members' roles through the management of the
  hearing impairment and addressing concerns about
  future educational placement.

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Child may need a full hearing evaluation if they

• dont respond to things said to them, or dont
  seem to notice that you have spoken to them
• ask you to repeat things (more for older children
  than infants)
• need to search right and left to find the voice
  or sound
• start talking later than children the same age
  (based on reports by teachers, etc)
• cant say words and sentences the right way
• have difficulty hearing one voice when several
  people are talking
• miss quick or soft sounds
• are performing poorly at school.

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Hearing Screening for Newborns Children

• Today, In majority of newborns receive a hearing
  screening before discharge from the hospital.
• The two types of technologies used to screen for
  hearing loss in newborns are otoacoustic
  emissions, and auditory brain stem response.While
  these screening tests can detect 80 to 90 percent
  of infants with moderate degrees of hearing loss
  and greater, it is important to understand that
  no screening test is perfect.
• Children with mild hearing loss may pass newborn
  hearing screenings, and hearing screenings for
  newborns cannot identify children with late onset
  or progressive types of hearing loss.

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