Children learn language from birth. Before 12 months of age, many communication skills have begun to develop: a large receptive vocabulary, an awareness of turn-taking in conversation, and the use of noise to express requests and emotions. For children with hearing loss, these ea

Children learn language from birth. Before 12 months of age, many communication skills have begun to develop: a large receptive vocabulary, an awareness of turn-taking in conversation, and the use of noise to express requests and emotions. For children with hearing loss, these early communication skills do not develop normally.

Does a child need to be equipped with a children's hearing aid if he or she has hearing loss?

If the child has sudden hearing loss, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination first, and there may be a possibility of hearing recovery. If there is long-term hearing loss, you need to wear a hearing aid, because unilateral hearing loss will also affect the child's learning and life. It is recommended to go to a professional fitting center to get hearing aids fitted for your child.

Various manufacturers have launched hearing aids for children. The difference between children's hearing aids and adult hearing aids lies in the design of different ear hooks according to the structure of children's auricles, the installation of battery locking devices, the installation of lights to indicate working status, etc. The nature of sound amplification is different from that of adults. There is no essential difference between hearing aids.

For children, behind-the-ear hearing aids are the most suitable, because children’s external auditory canals are still in the growth and development stage. For behind-the-ear hearing aids, new ear molds only need to be made regularly, and soft ear molds can be selected for behind-the-ear hearing aids. Made of non-toxic materials and with high output power, behind-the-ear hearing aids can be used even if your hearing has declined.

The purpose of selecting children's hearing aids is to maximize the use of the residual hearing of hearing-impaired children, so that they can develop speech and language skills as early as possible and return to mainstream society as soon as possible. As parents, you need to pay attention to the hearing health of your children and communicate with the hearing aids. Work together to help children get out of the shadow of hearing impairment.

When choosing children’s hearing aids, you must also consider some details in the fitting. Details often determine the effect of the fitting. Earmolds are the most important of many details. For example, children with good low-frequency can be said to be lucky. After choosing a suitable product, you must also choose a suitable open earmold to fully protect the child's low-frequency hearing and try to expand the child's hearing. Low-frequency listening range allows children to hear more real sounds, so as to achieve both comfort and safety. If parents in smaller cities do not have such technical support locally, they should try their best to urge the hearing aids to make hard ear molds for children with better low frequencies and open the stomata. There is another detail to consider when choosing earmolds for children with severe high-frequency hearing loss. It is best to choose a reinforced earmold sound guide tube to prevent the attenuation of the high-frequency compensation effect. Only by fully considering the details can the compensation effect of hearing aids be perfectly exerted and help children take the first step in life.

Once you notice that your child may have hearing or behavioral abnormalities, please take your child to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. After professional examination and diagnosis, if the child is diagnosed with irrecoverable hearing loss, you must shorten your acceptance period and choose a children's hearing aid as soon as possible to avoid missing the golden period of language development.