Yu smɔl pikin dɛf? (Hearing Loss) - Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis!

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil lɛk se yu pikin nɔ de lisin fayn we yu de tɔk to am? Ɔ i tan lɛk se dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ ansa sawnd? Dis kin bi bikɔs dɛn nɔ de yɛri fayn. Wi kin kɔl dis ‘we pɔsin nɔ de yɛri fayn’ . Nɔ wɔri, if wi no bɔt dis, wi kin dil wit dis sityueshɔn fayn fayn wan.

Wetin na di kayn pipul dɛm wae de mek pɔrsin nɔr de yɛri fayn?

Okay, naw lɛ wi luk di men kayn wae pɔrsin nɔr de yɛri fayn, ɔr nɔr de yɛri fayn. Di tin dɛn we kin mek dɛn gɛt ɛni kayn tin ɛn di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin gi dɛn difrɛn. fכ bi prεsis, dis klasification de difrεn dipכnt pan usay di prכblεm de na di yes, כ if na di mεsej dεm we de go na di bren.

Kɔndɔktiv fɔ yɛri lɔs

Dis na wan kayn. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, kɔnduktiv yɛri lɔs na we sɔntin de blok di sawnd we de kɔmɔt na do fɔ mek i nɔ rich di insay yes. Tink bɔt am lɛk sɔntin we de stɔp na wata paip. Bɔku tɛm, na bikɔs ɔf:

• Infɛkshɔn we kin kam na yu yes bɔku tɛm .
• Iyawaks min se di iawaks dɔn gɛda ɛn i dɔn at .
• Sɔntin de we nɔ fayn wit di tri smɔl bon dɛn we de na di midul yes.

Bɔrku tɛm, dis kayn wae pɔrsin nɔr de yɛri kin wɛl wit mɛrɛsin ɔr smɔl ɔpreshɔn.

Sεnsכrinyural yεri lכs (SNHL) .

Dis na tin we difrɛn smɔl. Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) kin apin we di sεnsitiv pat na di insay yes, di koklia , כ di כditory nerve we de kכri sawnd frכm de to di bren, damej. Bɔrku tɛm dis kin mek pɔrsin nɔr de yɛri fayn fɔ ɔltɛm.

Bɔku rizin dɛn kin de fɔ dis:

• If pɔsin na di famili gɛt dis sik, i kin bi se na in jɛnɛtiks .
• Sɔm sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i kam pan jɛnɛtiks kin apin as pat pan wan sik we de mek pɔsin gɛt jɛnɛtiks .
• biכs fכ sכm infεkshכn dεm we di mama de gεt we i bεlε, כ infεkshכn dεm we di pikin de gεt leta (fכ egzampl , mεningaytis ).
• Bikɔs ɔf di yus ɔf sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we de ambɔg di yes (ototoxic drugs) .
• If yu de na nɔys we rili lawd bɔku tɛm, dat kin afɛkt dis bak.

Miks we yu nɔ de yɛri fayn

Di nem sho am, nɔto so? Miks hiring loss na wan kכmbaynshכn fכ כl tu di kכnduktiv εn sensorineural tכp dεm we wi bin dכn tכk bכt fכ yεri lכs. Dat min se prɔblɛm de wit di we aw sawnd de travul tru di yes, ɛn prɔblɛm de wit di insay yes ɔ di nerv.

Sɛntral yɛri lɔs

Dis na tin we nɔ kin apin smɔl. Sɛntral yɛri lɔsi kin kam we di pat dεm na di bren we de intaprit εn analכz di sawnd signal dεm we de kכmכt na di yes afta dεn rich na di bren. Ivin if di yes fayn, di bren nɔ kin ebul fɔ prosɛs am fayn.

Ɔditɔri prɔsesin disɔda (APD) .

Dis na tin bak we kin kɔmplikt smɔl. Pikin dɛn we gɛt ɔditɔri prɔsesin disɔda (APD) kin yɛri fayn fayn wan. Dat min se di tɛst fɔ yɛri kin bi nɔmal tin. Bɔt i nɔ kin izi fɔ di bren fɔ separet ɛn ɔndastand di sawnd dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di yes to di bren, mɔ di wɔd dɛn we dɛn kin tɔk. Imajin se, na rum usay bɔku pipul dɛn de tɔk, i nɔ kin izi fɔ mek wan pɔsin ɔndastand wetin dɛn de tɔk. Sɔntɛm i nɔ kin izi fɔ dɛn fɔ no difrɛns bitwin wɔd dɛn ɛn di nɔys, fɔ no usay di sawnd de go, ɛn fɔ ɔndastand di we aw pipul dɛn de tɔk kwik kwik wan.

Wetin mek dis kayn we aw pɔsin kin yɛri kin apin?

Wan kwɛstyɔn we bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn kin aks na, ‘Wetin mek dis apin to wi pikin?’ Infakt, bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin izi fɔ fɛn wan patikyula rizin . Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we kin mek pikin nɔ ebul fɔ yɛri fayn. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

• We dɛn bɔn am wit wan bad bad tin we dɛn bɔn am wit di yes .
• Ɔda pipul dɛn na di famili nɔ kin yɛri fayn, mɔ we dɛn smɔl.
• Dɛn bɔn di pikin bifo tɛm, ɔ i bin gɛt fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt na di Nionatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) afta dɛn bɔn am.
• di tεm we di nyu bכbi de, janda wit εlevεt bilirubin lεvεl we nid fכ transfyushכn blכd.
• Yu kin gɛt infɛkshɔn na yu yes bɔku tɛm, yu yes kin gɛt pɔt, ɔ yu kin gɛt lawd nɔys.
• Sɔfa wit siriɔs infɛkshɔn lɛk mɛningaytis ɔ saytomegalovayrɔs (CMV) .
• Fɔ tek sɔm kayn Ototoxic mɛrɛsin (dɛn kin jɔs gi dɛn tin ya if i rili nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin advays).

I kin apin fɔ rizin dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya. Bɔt mɛmba se, yu nɔ kin yɛri fayn if yu nɔ gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se pɔrsin nɔr de yɛri fayn?

Dis rili impɔtant. Na bikɔs smɔl pikin nɔ go ɔndastand wetin yu de tɛl dɛn . Dis kin at fɔ no mɔ pan pikin dɛn we rili yɔŋ. Pikin dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn nɔ kin ansa to sawnd ɔ tɔk. Dɔn bak, dɛn ebul fɔ tɔk, dat na fɔ divɛlɔp langwej, kin delay.

If yu pikin nɔ du dɛn tin ya insay di fɔs ia, yu fɔ rili tɔk to dɔktɔ.

Di kwaliti dɛn we pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn ɛn pikin dɛn we dɔn ol fɔ sɔm mɔnt gɛt

• pikin we dεn bכn: We dεn yeri lawd nכys wan wan, dεn kin sכt εn i kin lεk se dεn de ‘trowe’.
• Arawnd 3 mɔnt: I de no mama ɛn papa dɛn vɔys .
• Arawnd 6 mɔnt: I de tɔn in yay ɔ ed to nyu sawnd. Ripit sawnd dɛn lɛk ‘uh...’, ‘ah...’.
• 12 mɔnt, we na lɛk wan ia: I de mek sawnd lɛk ‘ba ba ba’, ‘ma ma ma’ , i de ansa in nem , i de tray fɔ falamakata wɔd dɛn, i de tɔk sɔm wɔd dɛn lɛk ‘amma’ ɛn ‘ta ta’.

Dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt maylston ya rili impɔtant. Pe atɛnshɔn if dɛn de delay.

Di kwaliti dɛn we pikin dɛn we dɔn big smɔl gɛt

As di pikin de ol, di sayn dɛm we de sho se i nɔ de yɛri fayn kin bi:

• Di tɔk nɔ kin bɔku, i nɔ kin klia, ɔ i nɔ kin tɔk atɔl .
• I tan lɛk se yu nɔ de pe atɛnshɔn to wetin dɛn de tɔk, ɛn yu nɔ de fala wetin dɛn tɛl yu fɔ du .
• Nɔ de ansa we dɛn tɔk to am wit nɔmal vɔys, ɔ gi ansa dɛn we nɔ impɔtant .
• We bɔku nɔys de rawnd yu, yu kin wɔri kwik kwik wan ɛn yu kin fil bad .
• Yu nid fɔ ɔp di vɔlyum na di TV bɔku bɔku wan .
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ lan .

Sɔm prɔblɛm fɔ yɛri kin kam smɔl smɔl afta dɛn bɔn am, ɔ i nɔ kin sho te i big. If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri bɔt aw yu pikin de yɛri, tɔk to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Yu pikin kin nid fɔ rifer to ɔdiɔlɔjis fɔ mek dɛn du ful tɛst fɔ yɛri.

Aw yu no dis sik?

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no dis prɔblɛm kwik kwik wan . Bikɔs if dɛn bigin fɔ trit di pikin bifo di pikin ol 6 mɔnt, di tin dɛn we kin apin kin rili fayn . Na dat mek naw ɛvri nyu bɔn pikin kin du tɛst fɔ no aw i de yɛri bifo i kɔmɔt na ɔspitul.

Jɔs tink bɔt, if yu nɔ bin ebul fɔ mek dɛn tɛst yu pikin bifo dɛn go na os, ɔ if dɛn bɔn yu pikin na os ɔ na ɔda say usay dɛn de bɔn pikin, mek shɔ se dɛn tɛst yu pikin in yɛri insay di fɔs 3 wiks we i dɔn liv .

If yu nɔ pas dis fɔs skrinin tɛst nɔ min se di pikin nɔ go rili gɛt fɔ yɛri. Bɔt i min se dɛn fɔ tɛst am bak kwik kwik wan, insay wan mɔnt afta dɛn bɔn am. If dɛn kɔnfyus se pɔsin nɔ de yɛri fayn, dɛn fɔ bigin fɔ trit am wantɛm wantɛm.

Ivin pikin dɛn we gɛt nɔmal yɛri fɔ de chɛk dɛn yɛri ɔltɛm we dɛn de chɛk dɛn ɔltɛm na di mɛrɛsin. Dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya fɔ yɛri we dɛn ol 4, 5, 6, 8, ɛn 10 ia , ɛn bak bitwin 10 ɛn 12 ia (priteen ia) ɛn we dɛn ol tɛn ia . Apat frɔm dat, dɔktɔ go chɛk aw yu de yɛri ɛni ɔda tɛm if yu gɛt ɛni dawt bɔt aw yu de yɛri.

Aw dɛn kin trit am?

Di tritmɛnt we dɛn kin pik kin dipen pan di kayn pɔsin we i nɔ de yɛri fayn, di tin we kin mek i nɔ yɛri, ɛn aw di sik kin tranga.Akɔdin to dat. Pikin dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn fɔ ɔltɛm nid fɔ gɛt ɛp frɔm wan tim we gɛt spɛshal pipul dɛn we dɛn de trit dɛn. Dis tim gɛt wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn di we aw pɔsin de yɛri , dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn na di yes, nos ɛn trot (ENT dɔktɔ) , dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de tɔk ɛn langwej , ɛn pɔsin we sabi bɔt ɛdyukeshɔn .

Dɛn kin ɛp pikin dɛn we gɛt sɔm kayn we aw dɛn nɔ de yɛri fayn wit mɛrɛsin, tritmɛnt, ɛn ɔpreshɔn. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

Di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin yuz fɔ yɛri

" di tin dεm we dεn de yuz fכ yεri de amplify εn klarify sawnd. If pikin dεm we dεn bכn wit pεrmanεnt yεri lכs bigin fכ yuz di yεri bifo dεn ol 6 mכnt , dεn langwej divεlכpmεnt go bεtε bεtεh."

"Notin nɔ de we dɛn kɔl 'dis na di bɛst kayn ɛp fɔ yɛri.' Yu ɔdiɔlɔjis go ɛp yu fɔ pik di rayt wan fɔ yu pikin in nid Bɔku pikin dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn na dɛn tu yes dɛn kin yuz tu tin fɔ ɛp dɛn fɔ yɛri."

FM sistem dɛn

" Wan FM sistem (Frequency modulation - FM system) de ridyus di bakgrɔn nɔys we dɛn nɔ want ɛn mek di spika in vɔys yɛri klia wan ɛn lawd wan. Imajin wan ticha na skul klasrum we wɛr smɔl maykrofon ɛn transmita . Wan ilɛktrik signal frɔm dis transmita de go to wan risiva , ɔ di pikin de wɛr am na in yes ɔ i tay am to di ɛp fɔ yɛri insɛf. Bikɔs dis kin bi we dɛn kɛr am go, dɛn kin yuz am na os ɔ na ɔda say dɛn we nɔys."

Kɔklia implant dɛn

" Kɔklia implant kin ɛp pikin dɛn we gɛt siriɔs yɛri lɔs we nɔ kin bɛnifit frɔm ɛp fɔ yɛri. Dis na divays we dɛn kin ɔspitul insay di yes . I kin wok bay we i baypas di pat dɛn na di yes we nɔ de wok fayn ɛn i kin mek di ɔditory nerve dairekt wan. If dɛn tren ɛn tritmɛnt fayn fayn wan, pikin dɛn we gɛt kɔklia implant kin lan fɔ yɛri ɛn tɔk fayn."

Habiliteshɔn fɔ yɛri/rihabiliteshɔn

" Hearing habilitation na di prɔses fɔ ɛp pikin dɛn we dɛn bɔn wit yɛri lɔs fɔ yɛri ɛn tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn. Dis kin inklud Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) , speech therapy, lip reading, ɔ lan American Sign Language (ASL) . Yu ɔdiɔlɔjis ɛn dɔktɔ go wok wit yu fɔ no di bɛst we fɔ mek yu pikin tɔk to dɛnsɛf. Pikin dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn as dɛn de ol de lan dɛn tin ya." di we aw pɔsin kin tɔk to pipul dɛn, we dɛn kɔl fɔ mek pɔsin yɛri bak ."

Wetin bak wi nid fɔ no?

Ivin we pikin nɔ de yɛri smɔl, i kin afɛkt aw i de tɔk, in langwej, aw i de lan, ɛn aw i de wit ɔda pipul dɛn. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ rifer bebi ɛn yɔŋ pikin dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn to program dɛn we dɛn kin du fɔ ɛp dɛn kwik kwik wan . Dɛn program ya de gi fri tɛrapi savis to pikin dɛn we kwalifay. Pikin dɛn we dɔn big kin ebul fɔ gɛt spɛshal ɛdyukeshɔn savis we dɛn bigin fɔ go skul.

fכ gεt dis εp kwik kwik wan na di bεst we fכ mek pikin nכ delay fכ divεlכpmεnt εn fכ mek dεn divεlכpmεnt כlsay fayn.

Yu kin fɛn mɔ infɔmeshɔn ɛn sɔpɔt bak bɔt dis na di intanɛt. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• ‘Hearing Loss in Children’ sɛkshɔn na di CDC (Sɛntral fɔ Kɔntrol ɛn Prɛvenshɔn fɔ Sik) wɛbsayt.
• Di Amɛrikan Spich-Langwej-Hɛrin Asɛmbli (ASHA) wɛbsayt.

Mɛmba as sɔmari

Okay, so frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, yu fɔ dɔn ɔndastand wetin na pikin dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn, di tin dɛn we kin mek i nɔ yɛri, di sik dɛn we i kin gɛt, di we aw dɛn kin no di sik, ɛn di tritmɛnt. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat if yu ivin gɛt smɔl dawt bɔt aw yu pikin de yɛri, nɔ ignore am ɛn go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

• Fɔ no di pikin kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ ɛp am kwik kwik wan na di bɛst tin fɔ di pikin in fiuja.
• Mek shɔ se ɔl di pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn gɛt nyu bɔn pikin fɔ chɛk fɔ yɛri .
• Yu fɔ no di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu pikin kin du fɔ gro .
• If dɛn no se yu nɔ de yɛri fayn, aks fɔ ɛp frɔm di rayt tim fɔ spɛshal pipul dɛn .
• Mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de. If yu gɛt di rayt sɔpɔt ɛn no, yu kin ebul fɔ bia wit dis sik fayn fayn wan. Nɔ mek dis stɔp yu pikin fɔ liv gladi ɛn sakrifays layf lɛk ɛni ɔda pikin.

` Yu nɔ de yɛri, yu nɔ de yɛri, yu nɔ de yɛri fayn na pikin dɛn, Nɔ de yɛri, yu de du tɛst fɔ yɛri, yu de ɛp yu fɔ yɛri, yu de put kɔklia