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HEARING LOSS IN CHILDREN
It offers a variety of child-friendly hearing products that employ the latest technologies designed to improve the quality of your child’s hearing no matter their age. Just some of the steps our Audiologists will take in fitting a pediatric hearing aid are:
The pediatric hearing loss management process
- Discussing and planning for your child’s specific hearing needs
- Taking an ear mold impression
- Ordering and fitting the hearing aids
- Caring for, cleaning and repairing the hearing aids as needed
- Staying involved and reevaluating your child’s changing hearing needs
Learn about pediatric hearing loss
Four out of every 1,000 newborns are born with some degree of hearing loss.
- In a recent survey, 4 out of every 1000 children born in India were found to have severe, to profound hearing loss.
- As per our Indian population the data suggests 6.3% of Indians suffering from significant hearing loss.
- A large number of percentage group is between 0 to 14 years.
Hearing loss can affect the development of children's ability to engage in age-appropriate activities, their functional speech communication skills, and their language skills. It also has an impact on literacy, self-esteem, social skills. Also untreated or unnoticed hearing loss is associated with poor performance in academics.
All the newborns must have a hearing screening before being discharged from the hospital to detect hearing loss at birth. Newborns who were born at home should make it their priority to have their child screened within the first three weeks of life.
Through early detection it is possible to treat a child’s hearing problems so that they can develop the same as their peers.
Apple speech and hearing clinic recommend that your child’s hearing gets screened (OAE test or BERA test in Ahmedabad) early and evaluated regularly in order to empower and better your child’s life.
The formula is 1-3-6 that is, a new born must be screened before 1 month of age, confirm the diagnosis of hearing loss and provide proper rehabilitation options which can be fitting of hearing aids before 3 months. Enroll the child for early speech and language intervention before 6 months of age.
REASONS YOUR CHILD MIGHT HAVE AND/OR DEVELOP A HEARING LOSS
- Premature birth
- Complications during birth
- Infections at birth such as cytomegalovirus (CMV), Rubella, and herpes simplex
- Placement on mechanical ventilation system after birth
- Admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia or needing ECMO therapy
- Repeated courses of IV antibiotics or diuretics
- Diagnosis of a syndrome such as Down, Usher, Alport or Treacher Collins
- Family history of permanent childhood hearing loss
- Exposure to loud sounds or noises
Hearing Test for Children in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- OAE Test (Oto Acoustic Emission)
- BERA Test (Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry)
- BOA Test (Behavioral Observational Audiometry)
- CPA Test (Conditioning Play Audiometry)
- VRA Test (Visual Reinforcement Audiometry)
- FFA Test (Free Field Audiometry)
HEARING AIDS FOR CHILDREN
It offers a variety of child-friendly hearing products that employ the latest technologies designed to improve the quality of your child’s hearing no matter their age. Just some of the steps our Audiologists will take in fitting a paediatric hearing device (Hearing aids for children in Ahmedabad) are:
THE PEDIATRIC HEARING LOSS MANAGEMENT PROCESS
- Discussing and planning for your child’s specific hearing needs
- Taking an ear mould impression
- Ordering and fitting the hearing aids
- Caring for, cleaning and repairing the hearing aids as needed
- Staying involved and reassessing your child’s changing hearing needs
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Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious.
Kolis Muller
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Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious.
Kolis Muller
NY Citizen
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