protects the baby’s hearing. From the pregnant mother,
heredity is one of the most important factors affecting the hearing of a newborn baby. Strengthen pre-pregnancy examinations, especially couples who have a family history of deafness or deafness, and couples who have had children with deafness, should try their best to carry out deafness genetic screening before pregnancy to reduce the birth of children with deafness.
Many factors in pregnancy can also affect the hearing of the fetus, mainly including viral infections in the first trimester (including rubella, cytomegalovirus, etc.), the use of ototoxic drugs (gentamicin, kanamycin, etc.) during pregnancy, and high-risk pregnant women ( Diabetes, hypothyroidism, etc.). Therefore, virus infection and the use of ototoxic drugs should be avoided during pregnancy, and monitoring of high-risk pregnant women should be strengthened.
newborn hearing screening is performed within 72 hours.
newborn hearing screening is non-invasive, requiring newborns to sleep in a natural or quiet state, and generally only takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete the test. Infants and children aged 0 to 3 should be screened with a screening-type otoacoustic emission device, auditory behavior observation method or portable auditory assessment device; children over 3 years old are recommended to combine with tympanogram examination in addition to the above-mentioned screening. , 5 years old, 6 years old each undergoes a screening.
Newborns who fail the initial screening should be re-screened within 42 days; those who fail the re-screening should go to the designated institution for hearing diagnosis as soon as possible (at least within 6 months). Clinical trials have shown that if hearing screening is done within 6 months, if problems are found, interventions can be made in time to help develop language skills. Children who find the problem too late will have greatly reduced language skills.
If your child’s hearing is abnormal, don’t ignore it.
If the child always regards the parents’ words as “a wind on the ear”, when watching TV, turn on the sound of the TV to a particularly loud sound, and everyone responds when there is abnormal noise around, but the child does not The child is used to using only one ear when answering the phone, etc. If all of the above occur, it should be suspected that the child may have abnormal hearing and should be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.
There are some bad habits and actions in life, which may damage children’s ears and hearing. For example, if you use a cotton swab to pick your earwax, your ears can be self-cleaning without special cleaning. Blowing or inhaling your nose will damage your ears, and even cause earache and pus in the middle ear. Children's sniffles will also increase the chance of otitis media. In severe cases, brain abscess may occur, which is very dangerous.
cochlear implantation has to be done before the child is 3 years old. The rehabilitation effect of
cochlear implantation is affected by factors such as the implanter’s age, etiology, course of disease and preoperative hearing and language level. The effects of different individuals may vary greatly. Generally, for children without special diseases, the best time for implantation is before the age of 3, which does not affect the child's normal cognitive learning. The period between 4 and 5 years is the rescue period, and the best time is not to exceed 6 to 7 years old. What should I pay attention to when choosing
hearing aids? Before the selection of
, a comprehensive audiology examination should be carried out to determine the indications, and a suitable hearing aid should be selected according to the nature and degree of the child's hearing loss. Hearing aids cannot be purchased online and worn at will, so as not to aggravate children's hearing loss.
These behaviors in life hurt ears and hearing.
Department of Otolaryngology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Yang Haidi likes to open the windows when driving. Wind noise may exceed 100 decibels when driving fast, which has great damage to hearing. In addition, loud whistle and loud music in the car can also hurt your ears. It is recommended to close the windows as much as possible when driving.
often wear “in-ear headphones” The background noise of subways and buses can reach 70 decibels. In a noisy environment, people will unconsciously increase the volume of the headphones and damage their hearing. It is recommended to choose over-ear headphones. Recommendation: In a noisy environment, it is best not to wear headphones to listen to music.
often go to nightclubs, KTV bars and other places where the background noise is usually as high as 110 decibels. When going to such places, you must wear noise-proof earplugs. It is recommended to avoid staying in a noisy environment for too long.
Bad habits When someone blows his nose, he likes to pinch both noses at the same time and blow it hard. As everyone knows, this will cause the airflow to "rush into" the middle ear like surfing, which will cause the organs in the middle ear to "drow" and cause hearing damage.
Source\Audiology and Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Produced\Wuhan Disabled Persons’ Federation
