How to detect hearing loss in preschool children early?
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How to detect hearing loss in preschool children early?
Statistics Data show that there are 23,000 new children with hearing disabilities in China every year. Among the hearing disabled children aged 0 to 6 years old, more than 70% are accompanied by speech disabilities. How can we detect hearing loss in children early? On the one hand, preschool children must be carried out as soon as possible Hearing screening, on the other hand, parents should also pay attention to the "signs" of baby's hearing loss. The earlier the detection, the better the treatment effect.
According to reports, my country currently has newborn hearing screening, but the hearing loss of preschool and low-school-age children There is still a gap in screening. How to detect hearing loss in children as early as possible? In addition to taking the baby to the otolaryngology department of a large hospital for a hearing check in time, parents who get along with their children day and night should be the first to detect signs of abnormal hearing in their children and raise vigilance.
Remind moms and dads to pay attention
If your baby is 3 months old, but has no reaction to a sudden loud noise; or after half a year old, he will not look for the sound and turn his head when he hears it; or After the age of 1, it is completely impossible to understand what parents say; even after the age of two, they still cannot say a short sentence of more than two words. It is necessary to take the child to the hospital for examination and medical treatment.
For older children, parents should It is easier to find clues of hearing loss, such as the child's slow response, such as often asking others to repeat what they say; turning the volume of the TV set very high; not responding to shouts and doorbells, and even showing signs of living alone. The world, etc.
It is worth noting that some bad habits or actions in life may also damage children’s hearing, such as using cotton swabs or ear picks to pick out the ears. It has self-cleaning ability and does not require special cleaning; children may damage their ears by blowing or sniffing their nose forcefully, and may even cause earache, middle ear empyema, etc. Moreover, frequent sniffing may increase the chance of suffering from otitis media, and in severe cases, It may be complicated by brain abscess.
These early signs of hearing impairment include:
1. Infancy:
1-3 months: No response to sudden loud noises .
3-6 months: Will not look for the source of the sound.
6-9 months: Will not look at the people or objects mentioned in the speech.
/>9-12 months: Unable to follow instructions for an action, such as: Give me the ball.
12-15 months: Unable to say the first word, For example: dad, mom, lamp, car.
15-18 months: Indifferent to your call from the neighbor room.
18-24 months: Unable to use two-word sentences.< br />24-30 months: Few words can be spokento 100.
30-36 months: Unable to use sentences of 4 to 5 words.
2. Childhood:
1. When talking to children, children often ask "what" or "say it again", or show an expression of not hearing clearly or not understanding.
2. When children are talking to others, they have the habit of staring at the speaker's mouth. This is a kind of "lip reading" performance unique to deaf people.
3. When calling the child, the child does not respond or is slow to respond, and the child's ability to distinguish the location of the sound source is poor. For example, when the child is called to the right, the child cannot accurately turn his head or body to the calling person's position, but turns to the opposite or other direction.
4. Inaccurate pronunciation, unclear speech, and heavy vowel sounds. Parents often mistakenly think that their children have problems with their vocal organs. The child's inaccurate pronunciation and unclear speech are actually a unique manifestation of sensorineural deafness.
5. I don’t pay attention during class, and I often answer questions asked by the teacher but not what I asked.
6. When watching TV or listening to the radio, you stay very close to the TV or radio, or you like to turn up the sound of the TV and radio very loudly.
Parents often only focus on the diseases their children suffer from, but ignore the damage these diseases may cause to their children’s hearing. When parents find out, Taking your child to see a doctor may miss the best opportunity for treatment. Unlike adults, children are in a critical period of language learning and personality formation. If hearing damage cannot be corrected in time, it will affect the child's language learning. If the child becomes deaf and mute, and cannot listen and speak well, the child will be slow to respond and unable to speak well. Willing to communicate with others, the character becomes introverted and even has low self-esteem.