October 21, 2019 - Reading time: 3 minutes
Children
Hearing loss
Know the Signs of Hearing Loss in Children
Hearing is essential to a child’s learning ability. Even in the womb, a child can recognize sounds, such as their mother’s heartbeat. From birth, children develop skills and knowledge from speech and environmental sounds. We often take for granted how much we rely on sound in daily life. For children, hearing is a key factor in personal development, and without it, they may face significant challenges.
Children depend on sound more than adults because they are on a steep learning curve. From birth, they must learn how to walk, eat, express emotions, and speak. Later, they develop skills like reading, writing, and social interaction. Learning is much easier when they can hear what is being taught—both directly and indirectly. Poor hearing affects a child’s ability to overhear conversations, limiting their development through incidental learning.
Additionally, children with hearing loss may become tired more quickly due to the extra effort required to make sense of their surroundings. Their interactions with peers can also be affected.
Read more about the importance of hearing for children.
Identifying Hearing Loss in Children
The first step in helping a child with hearing loss is recognizing the signs. Our blog provides the knowledge to help identify hearing loss in children of different ages, as symptoms vary at different stages of development.
Read the first entry now: Signs of hearing loss for infants and toddlers (0-3 years old).
Common Signs of Hearing Loss (All Ages)
If you suspect your child may have hearing loss, consult a hearing care professional. Here are some common signs to watch for:
- Cannot follow sounds or determine their direction
- Does not respond when spoken to
- Fails to understand questions or respond appropriately
- Appears inattentive or distant
- Slow speech development
- Struggles with social interactions
- Acts out in frustration
- Poor academic performance
- Frequently increases the volume on devices
If you suspect your child may have hearing loss, please contact your nearest hearing care professional to schedule a hearing test.
Signs of Hearing Loss for Infants & Toddlers: 0-3 Years
Hearing is an essential contributor to your child’s development. If hearing loss is not addressed it can delay important development, such as learning language, and have an impact on vital life skills including socialising. Thankfully there are lots of ways to help a child cope with hearing loss, the first step is to identify the potential problem.
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Hearing loss
When Sound Becomes Therapy
Did you know that 90% of tinnitus cases occur with an underlying hearing lossi? At Oticon, we offer advanced hearing aids that are designed to both enhance your hearing and deliver therapeutic sound to provide relief from tinnitus. Read more to discover how sound therapy can make a life-changing difference for you.
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Hearing loss
Hearing aids
Can the flu cause hearing loss?
The flu impacts your health in many ways, but can it also cause hearing loss? Get the answer here.
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Eat your way to healthy hearing!
It’s important to protect your ears against loud noise and ear infections. You might know this. But did you also know that certain foods can help prevent age-related hearing loss and the progression of hearing loss?
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Reaching your full hearing potential with hearing aids
Being a new hearing aid user is both wonderful and challenging. You now have access to new sounds, but you are also getting used to a different way of using your hearing sense.
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