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How hearing loss can affect the physical and psychological growth of a child

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Last blog I have received lots of queries on the physical and psychological growth of a child with hearing loss. So, in today’s article, I’ll discuss the effect of hearing loss on children’s physical and psychological growth. Hearing loss includes a range of consequences depending on the type of hearing loss. In the case of children, if the hearing loss is by born or it starts within the age of 7 then it leaves a long-term effect on the child's psychological and physical growth. Effect on Physiological growth     The process of child development is they learn what they see and hear. So, if your child is not able to hear properly then he starts performing cognitive tasks by only seeing and without understanding. As a result, you might see a delayed development of receptive and expressive communication skills. Let’s jump into a bit deep. ·         Vocabulary. The development of vocabulary related knowledge become slower for children with hearing loss. Here what happens, su

Do You Have Hearing Loss?

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Best Hearing Aid Clinics in Bangalore | CAPAAR is the specialized Hearing Clinic in Bangalore for people with hearing and speech disorders. Hearing loss with aging is a very common problem. However, due to various kinds of noise hearing loss is becoming a serious problem in children also. Sometimes we can't even notice our hearing difficulties at the initial stage and when we realize it, it's already too late. Through this article let us know about some of the symptoms of hearing loss. This will help you to identify if you are losing your hearing power. 1.      Do your neighbors complain about too loud music or TV? While watching TV, sometimes the audio becomes unclear. It's fine if you are facing the problem in audios with a musical background. But have you noticed, if you are changing the volume level frequently to hear specific dialogues, even in absence of background music? You are watching TV with normal volume; still, your neighbors or other family members are co

Taking Your Child to the Audiologist

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Hearing is the most vital thing for your infant. Difficulties in hearing negatively affect your child's development in regards to speech, language, and social skills. Nowadays' child deafness is becoming a very common issue in India. Most of the cases we can’t even understand their hearing difficulties and that become a severe problem in the latter age. So, it's always better to take your child to an audiologist at an early age. Most of the parent gets confused that when should they take their child for an audiologist. I would suggest every parent for observing their infant's behavior to sound, since day one after their birth. But you can better detect the hearing difficulties from the age of 7 months. Search for the symptoms that indicate your baby has hearing difficulties. Symptoms ·         7 to 12 months. Make loud noises around your baby. Call him/her by name. Notice if your baby is reposing instantly or not. ·         16 to 18 months .  Within this time you