Hearing Aids 1000 » babies hearing aids http://www.hearingaids1000.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:52:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Hearing aids for babies http://www.hearingaids1000.com/blog/hearing-aids-for-babies.shtml http://www.hearingaids1000.com/blog/hearing-aids-for-babies.shtml#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 14:31:07 +0000 Jason http://hearingaids1000.com/blog/?p=263 I recently brought home a little baby boy from the hospital. How wonderful. I will tell you though, they gave him very extensive hearing tests on the first day of his life. These tests required placement of monitoring devices on his head and then they determined if his left and right ear were working properly. Did it make me nervous to watch the progress bar of his ears that the nurse told me had to get to 100%? Yes!

As the test was proceeding I wondered what would it mean if he didn’t get 100%? Hearing aids for babies? Do they exist? Do they make sense at all?
As the test progressed I wished that the nurse was explaining some of these things but I suppose they don’t want to over burden you with info until the outcome is determined. “All fine” she told me. Hmmm, ok, that is good news but what if it wasn’t as it is for thousands of babies. Can they wear hearing aids? What do we do for babies that are HOH?

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For this reason, and many others, it is crucial to work with a professional child audiologist when dealing with children’s hearing aids. The professional will consider the volume and fit of the hearing aid along with other factors such as compatibility with other activities of the child, the warranty and the durability.

The professional will also enforce the wearing of hearing aids in both ears for the child. This is crucial for speech development and for safety. Many adults opt to use just one hearing aid. This is not ok for children.

The brillian RECD test (Real-ear-to-coupler) has been developed to test the hearing of an infant. This will allow the actual testing to be done away from the ear. This is crucial because so few children will allow the tube to remain in the ear for the required amount of time. This RECD test has been provern effective for children as young as seven months.

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