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5 Tips for Keeping Hearing Aids on Babies/Toddlers
By: Beth Rosales, Au.D, CCC-A. As both an audiologist and a mother of 2 young children who wear hearing aids, I definitely understand that keeping hearing aids on your child can be a very difficult…
Children can suffer from two kinds of hearing loss, namely Sensorineural and Conductive hearing loss. With sensorineural hearing loss, it is either sensory (cochlea part of the ear) or the auditory pathways to the brain (neural) are not working properly. This kind of hearing loss is treatable but permanent. It can be treated by hearing aids / hearing instruments or possibly cochlea implants.
A first-of-its-kind study discovered that many hard-of-hearing children who receive optimal, early services are able to “catch up or significantly close the gaps with their hearing peers,” say researchers at the University of Iowa, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Here’s a good reason to refer your friends & family to us: from every new patient visit, we’ll donate $25 to the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation to help them buy hearing aids for the kids in need. Call 604-469-6636 to book a Healthy Smile visit!
CLUE: Lesson 1.3 A type of intervention used for hearing damage/ diseases/ disorders. HEARING AID As sound waves enter the ear, they enter through the microphone and then the sounds are converted into electrical signals . The amplification then strengthens the electrical signals.
