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Relevant data show that there are currently nearly one million deaf and mute children between 0 and 7 years old in my country, and there are still 2 to 3 children who are deaf and deaf due to various reasons each year.

Like the eyes, the ears are the most important gateway for the human body to keep in touch with the outside world. Hearing is an important way for people to keep in harmony with the surrounding environment.The quality of hearing directly affects the healthy growth of children.Therefore, in addition to newborn hearing screening, early detection of hearing impairment in children, and early intervention, it is more important to do ear care to avoid the occurrence of acquired deafness.

China-made Hearing Technology reminds you that to carry out scientific ear care and health care for your baby, you need to pay attention to the following points——

Prevent external and middle ear infections

After washing your baby’s face or taking a bath, dry the external ear canal with a cotton swab. The insertion depth should not exceed 1 cm to absorb water into the cotton swab.The movements should be gentle to prevent damage to the skin of the external ear canal and cause infection.In addition, the posture of the baby should be correct for feeding. After feeding, the baby should be held upright, and the back should be lightly patted to expel the air swallowed into the stomach, avoiding milk, and avoiding the baby from choking, because when choking, Milk from the baby’s mouth sprayed onto the Eustachian tube will block the Eustachian tube and cause otitis media.

Avoid noise pollution

It is a good thing for a child to listen to music, but if the sound is too loud, or listening to some exciting rock music, it will cause damage to the child’s hearing.When the eardrum is impacted by excessive sound waves, the delicate tympanic membrane will be damaged, affecting the child’s hearing, slightly causing hearing loss, and severely even causing deafness.

Avoid accidental injury

Cerumen is what we often call earwax.It is a kind of oil secretion produced by the cerumen of the human body. It exists in the external auditory canal and has the function of protecting the ears.Do not use cotton swabs, let alone use hairpins or matchsticks, etc. to dig the inner ears of children. If you use improper force, it will not only damage the external auditory canal, but also the tympanic membrane.

Prevent eczema

The back of the ear and the external auditory canal are the most common sites for infant eczema. If a baby’s external auditory canal is found to have light yellow wet secretions, it may be eczema, and the eczema should be treated promptly.In addition to adjusting the baby’s diet according to the doctor’s guidance at home, it is best to temporarily wear baby gloves for him to prevent the baby from scratching the itchy areas with dirty hands and causing more serious infections.If the baby’s external auditory canal has purulent, serous or bloody fluid outflow, it should be promptly transferred to ENT treatment.

Regularly monitor the hearing of infants and young children

There are two methods for infant hearing examination: conventional ABR brainstem evoked potential and otoacoustic reflex.Older children can do electrical audiometry.Early detection of hearing problems can also be treated for children. If the opportunity is delayed, it will be more difficult to recover from becoming an older child (over 5 years old).

March 3 this year is the tenth national “Ear Day”.The theme of this year’s “Ear Day” is “Appropriate UseHearing aid“, so that everyone can enjoy hearing care and rehabilitation, and let deaf children return to the world of sound. Now I will introduce the precautions for using hearing aids to scientifically carry out rehabilitation training.

“Hearing aid”, as the name suggests, is to help restore their hearing.After a deaf child wears a hearing aid, it is not immediately possible to hear the sound and understand all the words. This requires a process of adaptation.

To train children to gradually adapt and wear correctlyHearing aidWhen you first wear it, just like wearing glasses and dentures, you will feel uncomfortable at first. Parents should find ways to divert their children’s attention or demonstrate their children’s behaviors, so as to cultivate their children’s good habit of wearing hearing aids.When you first wear it, you should use it in a familiar and quiet environment. Practice your child listening to familiar sounds, such as the sound of running water, closing doors, telephone ringing, etc., and gradually wear it in a diversified sound environment to train children to adapt to various sounds Ability.The initial wearing time should not be too long, and the volume should not be too high. The wearing time should be gradually extended and the volume should be increased. If the child feels tired or uncomfortable, take it off immediately, so that after a period of adaptation and exercise, the child will become accustomed to wearing hearing aids .

Hearing and language training should be carried out for deaf children.Normal people have received a lot of hearing and speech training consciously or unconsciously from the moment they are born.For deaf children, the auditory development caused by hearing impairment is far behind that of able-bodied children of the same age.Hearing aids only play a role in amplifying sound signals and only solve the problem of whether they can be heard. The brain needs to know, understand, memorize, and master the various sounds coming in, especially the various languages. The question of understanding.Therefore, scientific training is needed to make deaf children speak clearly and fluently.

Hearing should be tested regularly and the effect of compensation should be evaluated.Due to the increasing age of deaf children and the influence of other factors, their hearing, language ability, and learning ability will change. Hearing aids and ear molds may also be damaged. Therefore, every six months or so, it is necessary to go to a professional hearing test agency to conduct a hearing test. Hearing detection and compensation effect evaluation, and then according to the detection and evaluation situation, adjust the compensation effect, formulate the next stage of rehabilitation training plan, so that the deaf children can return to the world of sound.

Hearing Technology made in China provides you with these ear-loving and ear-protection tips. I hope that everyone can care for the children around you, do a good job in children’s ear health, so that every child can listen to this beautiful world.