Hearing tests needed for children

The importance of hearing testing isn’t widely understood by many parents. Parents may schedule appointments with an opthamologist for an eye exam for their children at regular intervals – but never think to similarly schedule a hearing test with an audiologist. We think perhaps that if a child responds to our voice in a room of our homes that their hearing must be fine. Jokingly we think that if they don’t respond to the calls for dinner that they should have their hearing checked – but rarely follow up on this. At one time hearing tests were conducted routinely in Canadian schools but this is no longer the case.

from News-Medical.net

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