Detecting Hearing Impairment In Infants
- Friday, August 28, 2009, 5:00
- Baby Care, Health Care
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Hearing impairment is something that is not easily identified in infants, and a large number of cases go unnoticed during this age. Though it is very important that hearing impairment is diagnosed during the early stages, in order to control and cure it within a time frame.
Later on, the problem may become unmanageable and you might come across many issues, which could well be avoided earlier. There are some points to keep in mind, in order to be able to detect hearing impairment in your infant.
First, you have to be aware if there was any incidence of hearing impairment in any of your family members. Tracking hereditary health ailments make sense here. So do not be shy of asking such questions within your family as it is only in your and your family’s interest.
Some of the situations that may trigger or make your child more prone to hearing impairment include preterm birth, low weight and damage to the skull or ear drum. There may be certain type of complications during child delivery, which can lead to an incidence of hearing impairment.
Most of the times, parents tend to ignore these issues in order to cover up their inhibitions and avoid themselves to be confronted with any health related disorder in their infant.
Undoubtedly, preterm babies are most prone to hearing impairment but that is no way mandatory. A preterm baby can be as healthy as any other baby and so you should not treat your preterm baby differently. Still, you can check your baby’s response toward sounds and can check it by doing this in different ways.
Besides you have to be careful that you are not exposing your baby to loud music or sounds. With this, you have to keep your baby away from your home theatre or any such devices. Your baby’s ear drums may not be able to resist sound above certain decibels.
Remember that no science can detect hearing impairment in your child with the ease a mother can do that. The way can be as simple as observing your child’s response to a rhyme or a call.
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