Early detection of deafness

Early detection of deafness



A few months ago talked about the number of cases of babies with hearing impairment and carried out campaigns to raise awareness among parents about the importance of early detection of this problem. Today I'm highlighting the program for early detection of deafness or hearing loss that takes place five years ago at the University Hospital of Valme (Sevilla).

This is a program for early detection of deafness that has performed more than 16,500 infants to detect the earliest possible hearing impairment problems can have a baby and provide the appropriate treatment will improve the perception and quality baby's life.

During the five years of the program, experts have noted that two of every thousand babies have some type of hearing loss is severe or in part. The national studies show that five out of ten thousand children suffer from some degree of deafness, this figure could be reduced if screening had been carried out, since in some cases the problem treated in time allowing the baby to recover in a short period of time.

To detect hearing loss with simple, painless test the baby, which consist of the issuance of a sound through a headset that little should listen. This test is performed prior to discharge to the small, but before their second month of life should return to it to see if everything is correct.

If the second date is any abnormality, you will have a third test after the sixth month of life. After these tests can confirm the existence of a hearing and make the appropriate treatment to try to solve the deafness, whether through a cochlear implant (a transducer that converts acoustic signals into electrical signals that stimulate the auditory nerve, you can find more information Federation of Associations of Cochlear Implants in Spain) or other methods of rehabilitation according to the degree of deafness which detects the specialist.

Early detection of deafness is very important because you can take steps to try to alleviate it or at least improve the situation of the small hearing.