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Deafness & Hearing Loss In Children
For every 1000 children that are born 1 will be born with what is classed as significant hearing loss and will have a serious affect on there education, reading and learning to speak and another one in 1500 will develop hearing loss related problems sometime during there childhood.
The term hearing loss varies is degrees and is termed either mild, moderate, severe or profound, the term “deaf” is used for those with profound hearing loss.
Factor’s Causing Deafness or Hearing Loss in Children
There are several contributing factors in a child being born deaf or with hearing loss in any degree, there are certain illnesses when contracted by the mother during early pregnancy such as rubella or more commonly known as German measles.
Certain medications and exposure to x-rays are common causes. If the mother is experiencing a difficult labour and intervention isn’t given made quickly enough then the baby can suffer from a lack of oxygen which can also cause hearing loss, also if the baby is born prematurely.
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