Question

How to care for children with hearing impairment?

Answer

The care for children with hearing impairment can be categorized into several situations:

  1. Genetic auditory neuropathy, which may be accompanied by other anomalies, poor development of the inner ear, and can manifest as dominant or recessive inheritance.
  2. Non-genetic hearing impairment, which may be caused by prenatal rubella, cytomegalovirus infection, toxoplasmosis, ototoxic drugs, and other factors.
  3. Acquired conductive hearing loss, commonly seen in eustachian tube obstruction, various types of otitis media and their sequelae.
  4. Sudden or fluctuating hearing loss, which may be related to viral infections, brain trauma, noise exposure, drug toxicity, Meniere’s disease, and other conditions.