seven-month-old baby with the help of a hearing aid

Not long ago, a Weibo post caused a lot of discussion and attention. There are 4 moving pictures on Weibo, showing that a seven-month-old baby, with the help of a hearing aid, stopped crying after hearing the first sound of life, and burst into a smile after a moment of confusion. Netizens expressed their emotions after seeing it. However, this is just the beginning. Wang Xiaoya, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, points out that hearing rehabilitation for children with hearing impairment requires a long period of professional guidance and training.

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     Wang Xiaoya, female, Deputy Chief Physician of Otolaryngology of Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center, Master of Otolaryngology, Member of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation Association of Guangdong Rehabilitation Medical Association. In 2012, he studied for one year in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Pittsburgh Medical School. He graduated from West China Medical College of Sichuan University in 2007 with a master’s degree in otolaryngology. He is one of the few domestic clinical audiologists trained by the joint training program between China and Dalhousie University in Canada. Clinical audiology practical experience. He is good at the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairment and otology-related diseases, and treatment of common and frequently-occurring diseases of children’s ENT.

Child language development is a gradual process of development. From crying when a baby is born, to making a babble sound, to being able to express emotions and feelings logically in language, continuous learning and practice are needed. In this process, hearing is the most basic. If the child’s hearing is abnormal, it will inevitably affect the development of the entire language function later.

Dr. Wang said that if the child’s hearing is abnormal, it is better to have professional medical intervention within 6 months. Hearing medical intervention is mainly for hearing compensation or reconstruction. The main measures are wearing hearing aids and cochlear implants, and then hearing and speech rehabilitation training should be performed. Among them, wearing hearing aids is aimed at children with partial hearing, and appropriate hearing aids are selected for hearing correction according to the results of examination and diagnosis and related standards. Cochlear implantation is a rehabilitation method for children with severe cochlear sensorineural hearing loss who are unable to wear hearing aids.

“Putting a hearing aid and implanting a cochlear implant is just a means of rehabilitation, and it does not mean that the treatment is complete. Audiology is a multi-disciplinary course, and the process of rehabilitation does not happen overnight. After adopting the means of rehabilitation, a speech pathologist is needed Train children in language rehabilitation. ”

Dr. Wang pointed out that the baby in Weibo is undoubtedly lucky. He was only 7 months old when wearing a hearing aid. In real life, many children are already 2 or 3 years old when they find hearing impairment. Period of intervention. For them, the road to recovery is longer and more difficult. After wearing hearing aids or cochlear implants, they need to go to the appropriate hearing and speech rehabilitation training institutions, where speech pathologists and professional rehabilitation teachers teach them how to pronounce. It is important to keep in mind that the younger the hearing impaired, the better the effect of rehabilitation training. Therefore, for children with hearing impairment, “early detection, early diagnosis, and early intervention” are particularly important.

“The rehabilitation of hearing-impaired children also requires a lot of investment. Many families have to give up treatment because they cannot afford the heavy financial burden.” Dr. Wang said that on the one hand, as long as the hearing-impaired children intervene in time, most children can get a good language Ability to achieve very good social effects. On the other hand, whether it is various examinations, hearing aids, cochlear implant surgery, it needs a lot of financial support. Therefore, she appealed to all sectors of society and government departments to pay attention to hearing-impaired children, to provide more help and support, and not to make them deaf and disabled due to financial problems.