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My Child's Hearing
My Child's Hearing
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Your Baby's Hearing
If you think that your child has hearing loss, you might be right. The following checklist from David J. Lane, Au. D., CCC-A will assist in determining whether or not your child might have a hearing loss. Please read each item carefully and check only those factors that apply to you, your family, or your child. Call us to schedule a hearing exam.
Indicators for Hearing Loss
Check each item that applies.
During Pregnancy
- Mother had German measles, a viral infection, or flu
- Mother drank alcoholic beverages
My Newborn (birth to 28 days of age)
- Weighed less than 3.5 pounds at birth
- Has an unusual appearance of the face or ears
- Was jaundiced (yellow skin) at birth and had an exchange blood transfusion
- Was in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for more than five days
- Received an antibiotic medication given through a needle in a vein
- Had meningitis
- Failed newborn hearing screening test
My Family
- Has one or more individuals with permanent or progressive hearing loss that was present or developed early in life
My Infant (29 days to age 2 years)
- Received an antibiotic medication given through a needle in a vein
- Had meningitis
- Has a neurological disorder
- Had a severe injury with a fracture of the skull with or without bleeding from the ear
- Has recurring ear infections with fluid in ears for more than three months
Response to the Environment
(Speech and language development)
Newborn (Birth to 6 months)
- Does not startle, move, cry, or react in any way to unexpected loud noises
- Does not awaken to loud noises
- Does not freely imitate sound
- Cannot be soothed by voice alone
- Does not turn his/her head in the direction of my voice
Young Infant (6 through 12 months)
- Does not point to familiar persons or objects when asked
- Does not babble or babbling has stopped
- By 12 months does not understand simple phrases such as "wave bye-bye" or "clap hands" by listening alone
My Infant (3 months through 2 years)
- Does not accurately turn in the direction of a soft voice on the first call
- Is not alert to environment sounds
- Does not respond on first call
- Does not respond to sounds or does not locate where sound is coming from
- Does not begin to imitate and use simple words for familiar people and things around the home
- Does not sound like or use speech like other children of similar age
- Does not listen to TV at a normal volume
- Does not show consistent growth in the understanding and the use of words
What Should You Do?
If you have checked one or more of these indicators, your child might have hearing loss.
If you did not check any of these factors but suspect that your child is not hearing normally, even if your child's doctor is not concerned, have your child's hearing tested by an audiologist. When appropriate, have his or her speech evaluated by a speech and language pathologist. The test will not hurt your child.
If your child has one or more of these indicators, you should take him or her for an ear examination and a hearing test. This can be done at any age, as early as just after birth.
If you did not check any of these factors but suspect that your child is not hearing normally, even if your child's doctor is not concerned, have your child's hearing tested by an audiologist. When appropriate, have his or her speech evaluated by a speech and language pathologist. The test will not hurt your child.
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David J. Lane, Au. D., CCC-A
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