Signs of Child Hearing Loss
If you answer "yes" or "sometimes" to several of these questions, you should consult a professionnal.
Yes | Sometimes | No | |
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The infant lacks reaction to noise and voices? | |||
Sleep that is too calm? | |||
A progressive loss of babbling after 6 months: Up to 6 months of age, a baby normally babbles simply due to the movement of the phonator organs, but deprived of the pleasure of hearing, the child gradually stops babbling? | |||
Late first words (after 17 months)? | |||
Uncontrolled voice bursts? | |||
A 1-year-old child who does not answer his name or calls, who is inattentive to anything that is not in their field of vision? | |||
Some articulation disorders after 4 years old : small phonetic confusion between silent consonants (p, f, t) and sounding consonants (b, v, d)? | |||
Some behavioural disorders: anger, aggression, search for affection, isolationist behaviour noticed by the parents, the teacher or the social worker? | |||
School learning deficiency (difficulties in dictation, reading, writing...)? | |||
The child is “unattentive”? |