Causes of deafness in children

Because heredity, inborn development, illness when mother is pregnant and other reasons can cause children’s deafness, what are the causes of children’s deafness?

Jinghao hearing aid experts answer that the cause of deafness:

1. Ear digging: when digging out the ear for the child, it is very easy to pierce the eardrum deep in the ear canal of the child, resulting in the rupture of the eardrum, which directly affects the hearing.

2. Drug poisoning: many hearing-impaired children are deaf due to improper use of streptomycin, gentamicin, minocycline, neomycin and other drugs.

3. Trauma: when children are naughty, some parents slap their children vigorously in anger. The firecrackers suddenly explode in their ears. When they swim, their ears hit the water surface. All the above external forces will cause tympanic membrane rupture and hearing loss.

4. Noise: if you listen to walkman for a long time, you will often make your child’s hearing drop without any awareness.

5. Periauricular diseases: diseases of organs around the ears, such as sinusitis, rhinitis, tonsillitis, etc., sometimes involve the middle ear cavity, causing hearing loss.

6. Otitis media: acute and chronic suppurative otitis media occurs, causing hearing loss of children.

Early symptoms of deafness in young children:

After the birth of a child, parents usually only pay attention to whether the child is fat or thin, and often ignore the child’s invisible hearing. In fact, as long as we have a certain amount of common sense, it is not difficult to find children’s hearing impairment in the early stage.

As soon as the child is born, they can hear the sound. Although they will not make active response at this time, they can generate subconscious reflex action under the sound stimulation. For example, in a quiet environment, when he claps hard in his ear or suddenly makes a loud closing noise, he will instinctively shake his limbs, close his eyelids, change his breathing rhythm, etc. This phenomenon lasts from birth to three months. If the child is born and does not respond to the loud voice repeatedly, we should consider whether there is a problem of hearing, which may be a symptom of deafness.

When the child grows up to four months, he has the ability to actively find the sound source. At this time, outside the child’s sight, give a certain intensity of acoustic stimulation, and he will look for it with eyes or rotating his head. At the age of one, I can understand some simple language sounds, such as coming, hugging, goodbye, etc. A little older will imitate adults to say some simple words. At the age of one and a half, I will correctly point out my facial features or familiar objects according to the language instructions. I can understand simple language at the age of two.

After repeated and careful observation, parents should doubt whether the child has hearing impairment if they find that the child’s response is inconsistent at any age. It is necessary to ask professional hearing tester for further examination or test to judge whether the child has hearing loss.

What are the initial symptoms of deafness in some older children?

1. At the age of speaking, children can’t speak or pronounce vaguely, some of them can only call simple “father” and “mother”.

2. Often fail to notice others greeting themselves.

3. Don’t read, read, write, think and talk with others at the same time.

4. When talking face to face, they often interrupt or ask the other party to repeat, and often misunderstand the other party’s meaning. I am used to leaning my head to one side (asymmetric deafness of both ears). When I listen to others, I always listen with one ear or answer the phone with one ear

5. Always put your hands behind your ears to increase the reception volume.

6. When watching TV or listening to the radio, the volume is significantly higher than that required by the family.

7. The child was originally lively, and suddenly became upset for a period of time. He liked to grasp his ears and didn’t like to talk, which should be noticed by his parents.

Deafness has a significant impact on children’s life. If a child has the above deafness symptoms, it is necessary to consult a professional doctor in time, or the hearing cannot be recovered. If the treatment is delayed, it will cause serious damage to the hearing and even cause complete deafness. If it is found that it is already neurogenic extremely severe deafness, it is very important to wear hearing aid or implant cochlear implant as early as possible and carry out auditory language rehabilitation.

Jinghao hearing aid reminder: hearing aid wearing requires professional “matching”, so it is very important to choose a professional hearing aid matching center and a hearing aid tester! If you have any hearing problems, you can call Jinghao for consultation, or come to the matching center for experience. Hearing aid free consultation Tel.: + 86-18566295705