Seek medical advice early detection of early auditory disorders in children treatment

Liu Jinde, aged 3, was born with severe hearing impairment, but now words than the same age cousin.

Mother Zhong Lianzhu said: \"we were also very worried that he will grow up to be deaf and mute children, whether attending special schools? Now, as he talked on and general child. We can also safely to his enrolment in mainstream schools. ”

Liu Jinde language and no different from other different age children, is because he is found early, early access to treatment. From one-month-old, he began wearing hearing aids. When he was 11 months old, the doctor for his artificial cochlea implantation. He is also to receive language training at the hospital a week, parents are at home to his medical practice. These are for him to make up the inherent deficiencies.

Ear-nose-throat specialist Liu Wangjian Central Hospital told this newspaper: \"born unable to speak because of throat problems is very little, I did not encounter more than 10 years. Children will become mute, mainly because of the congenital hearing impairment, cause they don\'t hear the voice of the people around or unable to distinguish different voices, so cannot learn how to speak. ”

Data show that among every 1000 newborns in China, there are 5 with congenital hearing impairment.

Local hospital newborn hearing programme launched in 2001, and encourages all parents in the first days of the birth of children, let accept hearing examination in neonates.

Now, the plan by over 99% participation rate in public hospitals, but in private hospital birth children, newborn hearing examination made only 77%.

This is because the private hospitals are not generally adhere to the baby for hearing tests, some parents feel that expensive, or that there is no need.

Dr Liu said: \"many parents thought they spoke in a baby can hear knocking sound to them or infants, babies, there is no hearing problems. In fact, the baby may have some hearing impaired, only hear the bass, unable to hear the high tone, if not checked, most people are not detectable. But in the long term, children unable to hear high-pitched, will experience problems in learning to speak. ”

Children first few months of birth

Is the key to learning

Liu pointed out that child is to learn the critical period for the first several months after birth, so if there is no early detection of children with hearing problems and take action, children will learn to speak of the process.

By newborn hearing test plans, there are many like Liu Jinde, was born with severely hearing impaired children, eventually talking with kids, even than the average child well.

Auditory verbal therapist Lin Yanzhen said: \"when parents teach these children would often speak to children, spoke to ensure pronunciation clear, emphasize important words, to avoid the noisy background sound, through the game to children many opportunities to practice the conversation. These children are very well trained in the process of language learning, will of course very well. ”

Lin Yanzhen revealed that, in contrast, many parents as children with normal hearing, there is no special focus on children\'s early language education, these children weak grasp of the language, understand the vocabulary of fewer.