As effective communication is crucial in childhood development, untreated hearing loss can have a major impact on the entire life of a child. Firstly, it can cause delayed language and speech development, which usually results in lower academic achievement. Secondly, communication difficulties can often lead to social isolation and poor self-esteem. The combination of low […]
Category: Children
Fitting Hearing Aids for Children: Special Considerations
Having an appropriately audiologically fit hearing aid is one of the most important things for a successful outcome when wearing hearing aids. Fit determines not only the patient’s physical comfort level (and therefore likelihood of actually wearing the hearing aid) but also the actual sound quality and functioning of the hearing aid. Because children grow […]
4 Reasons to Get Your Child’s Hearing Tested Now
Hearing loss has been decidedly linked to developmental delays in children. Because children usually aren’t aware enough to notice the hearing loss and alert their parents, parents need to be vigilant for some of the classic signs of hearing loss in their children and test them as soon as they notice something might be off. […]
Hearing Loss and Childhood Development: What You Need to Know
Most of the time, when you mention the phrase “hearing loss”, people tend to imagine an older person. After all, as a person gets to be 65, the odds of having some hearing loss are 1 in 3, and they increase to 1 in 2 above 75 years of age. However, there’s a more insidious […]
Hearing Loss in Young Adults and Teens: Causes and Solutions
Hearing loss is always assumed to be either something that’s been there since birth, or an effect of old age. And yet, nearly 15% of school-age children aged 6-19 have some degree of hearing loss. If that number seems high to you, you’re probably asking yourself, “why is that the case?”. Some of that hearing […]
Identifying Hearing Loss in Children
Effective communication is of the utmost importance in childhood development. That’s why hearing loss needs to be identified as soon as possible after a baby is born so that if there are any hearing issues, they can be corrected with the use of a device and the child won’t experience a gap in the ability […]
Hearing Screening for Your New Baby
I am at the stage when many of my friends and family are having children. It is such an exciting time for them as they welcome their new son or daughter. A colleague and fellow OSU Alum, Kelsey, is not only a great audiologist but also a wonderful newborn photographer. Seeing her posts on her […]