Will children be deaf?
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Can children be deaf?
Pregnant women who have taken anti-diabetic drugs such as Jiangsu Ling and aminoglycosides such as gentamicin and kanamycin during pregnancy can also cause fetal deafness. Pregnant women have been exposed to radiation or undergone radiotherapy during pregnancy. Or suffering from diseases such as hypothyroidism, which may also cause deafness in newborns.
Noise
Noise is an important factor that directly causes hearing loss and is also an important cause of deafness in children. If the fetus is exposed to a noisy environment for a long time while in the mother's belly, there is a high chance that the child will be deaf after birth. There are also such cases. A baby will develop imperfect hearing in about one month after birth. If the surrounding environment is noisy, it will often affect the child's hearing. Noise is measured in decibels. Gentle conversation at home is 30 decibels, normal conversation is 40 decibels, loud talking is 80 decibels, and loud noises or tweeters are 90 decibels. Sounds below 40 decibels have no adverse effects on children, while noises exceeding 70 decibels can cause damage to children's hearing systems.
Disease
Acquired deafness is sometimes related to neonatal asphyxia, neonatal hemolysis, and intrapartum trauma during delivery. Deafness can also occur if a newborn is infected with viruses such as meningococcal meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, measles, scarlet fever, typhoid, tuberculous meningitis, influenza, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox after birth.
Otitis media
The reason why otitis media is highlighted is because if children suffering from chronic otitis media are not treated in time, they often develop sensorineural deafness. In life, parents often cause their children to suffer from otitis media due to various negligences. Colds are one of the main causes of otitis media. Preventing colds can reduce the chance of otitis media. Improper nose blowing can also lead to otitis media. The correct way to blow your nose: Press one nostril with your fingers, use a little force to blow out the mucus from the other nostril, and then blow the other side in the same way. If infants and young children are fed in the supine position, because the child's Eustachian tube is relatively straight, has a short lumen and a wide inner diameter, milk may choke into the middle ear through the Eustachian tube and cause otitis media. Therefore, when a mother is feeding her child, she should sit in a sitting position, hold the baby in an oblique position, and hold the head upright to suck the milk leaves.
Drugs
Ototoxic drugs are also an important factor in causing deafness in children. Deafness-causing drugs mainly include aminoglycoglycerides, salicylates, and anti-tumor drugs. , alcohol. Common ones include streptomycin, dihydrostreptomycin, neomycin, kanamycin, gentamicin, vancomycin, puromycin, tobramycin, bamycin, polymyxin B, Quinine, aspirin, etc. Although most hospitals have banned these drugs now, they are still used in places with relatively low medical standards, so parents should also pay attention.
Trauma
When their children are naughty, some parents slap their children vigorously in anger; during festive holidays, firecrackers suddenly explode in their children’s ears, sending huge air waves straight into the eardrum. When your ears hit the water while swimming, the above external forces will cause tympanic membrane rupture and perforation, which will directly cause hearing loss.
Periauricular lesions
Lesions of nearby organs around the ears sometimes involve the middle ear cavity, causing hearing loss. Such as rhinitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, etc.
Due to hearing impairment and delayed language development, compared with normal children, the formation and development of unintentional attention and intentional attention in children with hearing disabilities are slower. Children with hearing disabilities have less stable intentional attention and need activities to support and attract them to keep them in an active state of activity. In addition, children with hearing disabilities have difficulty in allocating their attention. Ordinary children can use their eyes, ears, hands, and brain simultaneously to produce concentrated vision, hearing, and thinking at the same time. Hearing-impaired children cannot see and hear at the same time. Visual excitement and auditory excitement cannot be produced together, and proper allocation of attention cannot be achieved.
It is necessary to clarify the degree of deafness in children, whether it is mild deafness, moderate deafness or severe deafness. Secondly, it is necessary to clarify the causes of deafness in children and target different causes. The treatment is whether the hearing loss is caused by otitis media caused by inflammation, the hearing loss caused by the ear development problem and the structure does not grow well, or the hearing loss caused by the inner ear. Active treatment of otitis media caused by inflammation, also called secretory otitis media, involves fluid accumulation in the ear, and medications are used to absorb and drain the fluid. Irrecoverable deafness requires early detection and treatment, and early hearing compensation, including Hearing Aids and other auditory implants, such as cochlear implants.