Hearing delay in premature infants

Since premature babies are born before full term, they naturally cannot keep up with full-term babies in terms of physique and development. Of course, many newborns will have various problems due to premature birth, such as slow intellectual development or slow hearing development. So, what are the symptoms of delayed hearing development in premature infants? Below we will introduce you to the relevant knowledge about delayed hearing development in premature infants in detail.

1. Slow auditory response

He is extremely quiet when sleeping and is rarely woken by loud noises; he often does not turn around when his name is called; he responds to loud voices but ignores soft voices; he responds to the sound of clapping and closing doors but is insensitive to ringing bells; he tends to turn his head to one side when listening to sounds.

2. Speech delay

At 10 months old, he still cannot make sounds such as "bababa" and "mama"; at 1 and a half years old, he still cannot say 1 to 2 meaningful words; at around 2 years old, he can only say 1 to 2 words, such as "daddy" and "milk"; some sounds are not pronounced correctly, such as "3", "4", "7", "10", etc.; he can only repeat what others say and does not understand what others are saying.

3. Daily behavior and communication

He usually has a bad temper and doesn't listen to instructions; he is usually rather lonely and unwilling to communicate; he doesn't look at others when they talk to him; he has difficulty concentrating and often answers questions irrelevantly; he asks many questions in return and often turns up the volume of the TV; he often loses the beat when singing or doing exercises.

1. Let your baby listen to the rich sounds in life

Rich sounds such as footsteps, door opening and closing, running water, talking, cars, airplanes, wind, rain, etc. These natural environment sounds are very beneficial for promoting the baby's hearing development.

When a mother holds her baby, it is best to hold the baby with her left hand, so that the baby is as close to the mother's heart as possible so that the baby can clearly hear the mother's heartbeat.

For newborn babies, you can tie sound toys with different sound qualities or tones to the crib to stimulate the baby's hearing cells and promote the baby's hearing development.

Talk to your baby softly, hum or play some music with slow rhythm and beautiful melody.

Hang a wind chime on the balcony at home and let the wind blow the wind chime to make pleasant sounds.

Let your baby listen to the sounds of various objects falling to the ground, such as balls, chairs, books, pencils, cardboard boxes, etc.

Let your baby listen to the sounds made by various toys, such as rattles, music boxes, rubber toys, etc.

Let your baby listen to bells, horns, etc. to distinguish the differences between them.

Listen to the sounds of animals and let your baby identify what animal it is.