Speech and Hearing Problems in Children http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/SPEECHANDHEARING.asp Speech Problem(Aphasia) is an acquired language disorder in which there is an impairment of any language modality.Hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear sound in one or both ears. en-us 2012-02-22T18:05:44.0000000+05:30 Speech and Hearing Problems - Pediatric Oncall http://www.pediatriconcall.com/rss_media/rss_Speech-and-Hearing_rss.jpg http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/SPEECHANDHEARING.asp Speech and Hearing Problems Hearing loss is the total or partial inability to hear sound in one or both ears. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/SPEECHANDHEARING.asp 2012-02-22T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Articulation Disorder or Dyslalia This is an articulatory disorder in which very often, children do not pronounce the sounds clearly or they replace one sound for another e.g. [k] replaced by [t] or [g] is replaced by [d]. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/articulation_disorder.asp 2007-04-25T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Hearing Impairment Audiogram - An audiogram is a graph of intensity v/s frequency. This is a subjective test by which one can find the hearing thresholds of the child over a range of speech frequencies i.e. 125Hz - 8000Hz. It helps to determine not only whether your child is deaf and but also in which range of sound frequency, the hearing is most impaired. It also determines how severe is the hearing loss in child. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/hearing_impairment.asp 2007-04-25T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Stammering Child hesitates while talking and sometimes even repeats a word in a sentence. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/stammering.asp 2007-04-25T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Hearing AIDS The type of hearing aid would depend on the child's hearing loss. If the child is less then a year old, then he should be fitted with a body-aid so that he gets amplification even in the sleeping position. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/hearing_aids.asp 2007-04-25T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Hearing Aids

The type of hearing aid would depend on the child's hearing loss. If the child is less then a year old, then he should be fitted with a body-aid so that he gets amplification even in the sleeping position.

]]> Delayed Speech There are many causes of delayed speech such as - Hearing loss, Slow motor development, Lack of stimulation in the environment, Mental retardation, Cleft lip/palate, Children with a history of birth complications i.e. high risk babies, Emotional and behavioral problems in the child. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/delayed_speech.asp 2007-04-25T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Programmable or Digital Technology in Hearing Aids In a digital hearing - aid, the incoming signals are converted to digital signals. This "digitalization" makes its possible to precisely analyze & filter the signals. The signals can be processed in one or more frequency channels. At the end, the digital signal is again converted to its analog form. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/digital_tech.asp 2007-04-25T00:00:00.0000000+05:30 Speech and Cleft Lip & Cleft Palate Hearing becomes progressively impaired if palate repair is delayed. Hearing loss is usually of a conductive type. The child's hearing should be routinely checked and re - checked because of a possibility of intermittent loss. The presence of any loss will be a handicap in the development of language and speech and may be detrimental to academic progress. http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/DiseasesandCondition/SPEECH_HEARING/speech_cleft_lip.asp 2007-04-25T00:00:00.0000000+05:30