Hearing is a crucial component of your child's development and quality of life. Your child will benefit from hearing as they learn to read, enjoy music, and recognize danger signs. Without good hearing, your child will find it difficult to handle many of life's opportunities and challenges. A newborn, infant, or child's hearing can be accurately assessed using a variety of contemporary techniques. If there is even the slightest possibility that a hearing issue exists, a thorough hearing evaluation can be carried out at any age. An otoscopic examination and a case history are critical. If one or both ears have a hearing loss at frequencies (pitches) necessary for typical speech and language development, an audiologic evaluation can help identify whether the hearing loss is conductive or sensorineural and whether it affects one or both ears. Here are a few audiological techniques that could be used during the evaluation process:
- Conventional Audiometry
- Behavioral Observational Audiometry (BOA)
- Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)
- Play Audiometry
- Tympanometry
- Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
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