Question
How to deal with sensorineural hearing loss?
Answer
One, when communicating with the child, they often ask ‘What?’ or ‘Say that again’, or appear to not have heard clearly. Two, when conversing with others, the child has a habit of staring intently at the speaker’s mouth, which is a characteristic ‘reading lips’ behavior of someone with deafness. Three, when calling the child, there is no response or a slow response, and the child has poor ability to judge the position of the sound source. Four, the child speaks inaccurately and unclearly, with a heavy emphasis on vowels, and parents often mistake this for a problem with the child’s speech organs. Five, in class, the child is not attentive and often answers questions inappropriately. Six, when watching TV or listening to the radio, the child sits very close to the TV or radio, or likes to turn up the volume on the TV and radio. If any of these symptoms appear, it can be considered a signal of hearing impairment.