Hearing Impairment in Children

Hearing aids are electronic devices requires special care to ensure that they are function properly. The audiologist will show a carer/parents how to care for and check them regularly. Hearing aid care kits consists of: Stetoclip A stetoclip allows a normal hearing person(eg: parents) to monitor the performance of hearing …

If hearing loss has been detected early, a child will be able to get early intervention and management for speech and language skills. With early intervention, the child may acquire language skills, social skills and academic performance at par to his/ her peers.

Hearing loss is one of the common health problems experienced by children and adults. Hearing loss can be a result of many different factors. It can be triggered by a blast of loud noise either in home or work environment, hereditary, or it can just be a part of the …

Hearing loss can be categorized as a hidden disability as its cannot be detected with physical view. Statistical figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 360 million people from all around the world are identified to have hearing loss. Among them, 32 million are children. A healthy newborn …

Hearing impaired children able to listen after wearing the Hearing Aids.

Introduction Hearing is one of the important senses for the development of speech and language. Hearing enables an individual to listen, to detect, to discriminate, to interpret as well as to understand the environmental sounds and speech sounds. Babies who are born with hearing impairment, their speech and language development …

Introduction to Hearing Hearing is one of mankind’s 5 primary senses; the others being sight, smell, taste and sensation. The organs of hearing are formed during intrauterine development. A newborn baby is fully able to appreciate sound. The ear is divided into 3 parts; the external ear (1), the middle …