pediatrics
Hearing Impairment in Children
Treatment of Hearing Impairment in Children
Hearing aids or cochlear implants for irreversible hearing loss Sometimes teaching a nonauditory language Reversible causes and abnormalities are treated. If hearing loss is irreversible, a Hearing aids can usually be used. They are available for infants as well as children. If hearing loss is mild or moderate or affects only one ear, a hearing aid or earphones can be used. In the classroom, an FM auditory trainer can be used. With an FM auditory trainer, the teacher speaks into a microphone that send signals to a hearing aid in the nonaffected ear. If hearing loss is severe enough that it cannot be managed with hearing aids, a Cochlear implants may be needed. Children may also require The COVID-19 pandemic required hearing specialists to develop ways of remotely monitoring and interacting with children with hearing loss. Some of these methods, eg, remote monitoring and programming of devices and online or in-app speech therapy techniques, may remain useful to patients even after pandemic restrictions are lifted. 1.Brotto D, Sorrentino F, Favaretto N, et al: Pediatric hearing loss management in the COVID-19 era: Possible consequences and resources for the next future.Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg166(2):217–218, 2021. doi: 10.1177/01945998211012677 2.Marom T, Pitaro J, Shah UK, et al: Otitis media practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.Front Cell Infect Microbiol11:749911, 2022. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.749911 