Routine monitoring of hearing is recommended for children who have repeated conductive or middle ear problems. Be aware that children who present classroom behavior problems and appear to not pay attention may have fluctuating conductive hearing loss. Loss Sensorineural hearing loss is a difficulty that involves both distortion and loudness. Sensorineural loss may affect some or all of the hair cells or nerves in the inner ear responsible for sensing sounds of different pitches. This will cause varying degrees and configurations of hearing loss.
Several characteristics are typical of most sensorineural hearing losses.
The loss is permanent and cannot be surgically repaired. Early identification and intervention are necessary to enable children who are deaf or hard of hearing to learn language during the critical early years. Each deaf or hard of hearing child has unique language learning and communication needs. Various language development and educational approaches are chosen by families to address these needs. Hearing aids can benefit many children with sensorineural loss.