{"id":1915,"date":"2015-02-24T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entmidwest.fm1.dev\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:20:45","slug":"what-to-expect-when-your-child-needs-hearing-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/what-to-expect-when-your-child-needs-hearing-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Expect When Your Child Needs Hearing Aids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Danielle2_sm.jpg\" alt=\"danielle2_sm\" class=\"wp-image-1918\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For children, the device generally consists of two parts: the hearing aid and the ear mold. The hearing aid contains all of the electronic parts (i.e. the microphone, amplifier, receiver, battery compartment). It generally has an earhook attached, which sits over the top of the ear and the hearing aid sits behind the ear. The ear mold is a soft, silicone material that is custom made to fit the child\u2019s ear. The ear mold has a hollow tube that connects to the earhook on the hearing aid and runs through the ear mold. This tube allows the amplified sound from the hearing aid to enter the child\u2019s ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hearing aid should be programmed by an audiologist. The goal is to ensure that speech sounds are audible while maintaining comfort for loud sounds. The gain or volume of the hearing aid is set based on pediatric prescriptive targets specifically for the child\u2019s degree of hearing loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A child\u2019s ear is smaller than an adult ear. Sound coming from a hearing aid will be louder in a child\u2019s ear than in an adult ear because sound is naturally louder in small spaces than in large spaces. Therefore, it\u2019s necessary to take measurements of the child\u2019s ear in order to know how much sound is going to be present in the child\u2019s ear. This is done by placing a small microphone in the child\u2019s ear, which will measure the sound pressure level within the ear. These measurements are then entered into the hearing aid software to ensure that amplified sounds are audible, comfortable, and tolerable based on the child\u2019s individual hearing loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the hearing aid fitting, your child should have routine follow-up appointments with the audiologist (about every 6 months, or more for infants). Routine follow-ups ensure that the hearing aids are functioning properly and the custom ear molds fit properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For children, the device generally consists of two parts: the hearing aid and the ear mold. The hearing aid contains all of the electronic parts (i.e. the microphone, amplifier, receiver, battery compartment). It generally has an earhook attached, which sits over the top of the ear and the hearing aid sits behind the ear. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1919,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}