Healthy babies hear well, if you come to the world. Without this ability they could not learn the language. A hearing test is important to allow the infant to be a good development.
Why listen to babies from the beginning?
Babies can only develop the speech, if you listen well. Especially important the first two years. In these ear-brain link and the one of language. A child hears during this time, bad or not, has problems learning to talk.
Babble says nothing about the sense of hearing
The Babble of infants, says nothing about how well they hear. Even babies without hearing from bumping these Loud, not to hear but because they perceive their own voice.
Hearing test
In Germany, a hearing test is part of the customary screening. A probe in the ear of the baby sends out a tone. With a good sense of hearing this sound causes an Echo that can be measured.
Sound of the hairs
Hair cells respond to the sound of the probe even with a sound signal that can be measured. The evaluation runs automatically, and the Test takes only a few seconds.
Basic Hearing Health Care
With this Test you can detect whether a child has a congenital Hearing impairment. Later, however, hearing damage can be caused, for example, by a middle ear infection or noise exposure such as aircraft noise.
How many are affected?
Under 1000 babies approximately 1 to 3 hearing impairment caused, in part genetically, in part, by the parents.
Causes of hearing loss
Except for the genetics causes of hearing loss: infections with diseases of the mother such as Mumps or measles, as well as alcoholism or poor blood circulation during pregnancy.
Not overly sensitive
The sense of hearing of children is generally not extremely sensitive. However, children do not know their limits often, and therefore, a greater risk of suffering from, for example, hearing loss due to headphones.
Problem in developing countries
In most developing countries, there is firstly, no systematic listening tests in infants, and, secondly, the provision of medical care in the case of hearing loss often is not ensured. In addition, children are not encouraged with hearing loss often – on the contrary, the parents are ashamed and do not send the children to school.
The sooner the better
The earlier a Hearing loss is treated, the better it is. Infants get in very early on, hearing AIDS, or even implants in the case of particularly severe hearing loss. This happens before the first year of life, the chances are high that the person developed a normal speech.
Hard-of-hearing language
Without early treatment, the so-called hard-of-hearing language usually develops. The Affected do not speak out, for example, consonants properly or not mention them at all.