Children’s performance in varying degrees of hearing loss

Children’s performance in varying degrees of hearing loss

Different levels of hearing loss can have different effects on children. For adults with mature language and hearing experience, slight hearing loss or single ear hearing loss has no significant effect. But for children in the development of speech learning and oral communication, even minor hearing loss can affect the development of children. Paying attention to children with mild hearing loss and giving appropriate interventions will help children to distinguish distant or light speeches and respond to small conversational messages to keep up with fast speech rates.

Hearing loss30dB HLChildren who missed life in the absence of relevant audiological interventions25% ~ 40%The speech signal depends on the noise level, the distance from the speaker, and the type of hearing loss. Hearing loss35~40dB HLChildren will miss50%The classroom exchange information, especially in the case of long distance or soft voice, the teacher will think that children’s attention is not concentrated, not enough effort, etc., which will lead to a decline in children’s self-confidence. Although such hearing is only a minor hearing loss, it still has an impact on life.

Hearing loss40~55dB HLChildren, in a quiet environment, if the content of the conversation is known, understandable1MTalk outside; miss in the classroom50% ~ 75%Speech information. At the same time, due to language barriers, late language or grammatical defects, and vocabulary, it will further affect communication and social communication skills.

Hearing loss55~70%dB HLChildren will miss almost in class100%The verbal information must be very close to such children, and children can only understand a part. If children with moderate or severe hearing loss do not wear hearing aids in time, they will encounter many difficulties in school, slow speech, language development, decreased speech ability, and difficult social interaction.

Hearing loss70~90dB HLChildren can’t hear the voice of normal conversation. If they don’t intervene early, their spoken language will not develop.

Hearing loss is greater than95dB HLChildren can’t hear the sound of speech and the environment. The best option is to apply hearing aids and rehabilitation as early as possible.