PATNA: Among 1,000 newborns in Bihar, 5 to 6 suffer from hearing loss. Hearing impairment is a silent disability, it is generally difficult to determine if your child suffers from the same or not.
The lack of awareness, hearing loss is detected late in the rural areas, the causes of the problems in the development of a child, said surgeon neuro - would senior and ENT consultant, Dr. Ameet Kishore, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, here on Sunday.
Talk to mediapersons, Dr. Kishore said: "your child goes without hearing, it is more difficult to teach him to speak." The development of the part of the brain that includes the language is the fastest in the first four years. This capacity decreases with time.
The press conference was organized by the city SpHear Speech and Hearing Clinic (SSHC).
SSHC on Sunday held the first of its kind cochlear implant (an operation in which hearing aid is placed inside the ear listening to the patient support) in Bihar and was held at Dzharkhand. Operatsiya Shrawan Kumar, 6, which is hearing impaired since childhood, ENT Hospital Research Centre, Rajendra Nagar, Dr. Shashi Ranjan. Shrawan, the son of a city-based small businessman, also could not govorit. Seminar was organized to celebrate the success of the operation.
"After three weeks the device will work. Later, the boy would be given speech therapy to make him understand SSHC language," said Narayan Neevita, otolaryngologist and director SSHC.
Cochlear implantation is a proven option for surgical profoundly hearing-impaired who do not benefit from hearing aids.
Dr. Ameet Kishore, who still held more than 500 such implants said: "If your child becomes quiet, he heard familiar voices, does not react to loud noise, talking, not listening at a distance, does not shout to attract attention or make a noise, to indicate pleasure or disappointment, or respond to it, looking at the speaker, you should immediately take the child for a hearing test. "
Deputy CM Sushil Modi K, who was present as chief guest, met children who had previously undergone cochlear implantation. "Our government is ready to provide all possible support. We must help to cochlear implants, if they work well for patients," he said.
SSHC on Sunday held the first of its kind cochlear implant (an operation in which hearing aid is placed inside the ear listening to the patient support) in Bihar and was held at Dzharkhand. Operatsiya Shrawan Kumar, 6, which is hearing impaired since childhood, ENT Hospital Research Centre, Rajendra Nagar, Dr. Shashi Ranjan. Shrawan, the son of a city-based small businessman, also could not govorit. Seminar was organized to celebrate the success of the operation.
"After three weeks the device will work. Later, the boy would be given speech therapy to make him understand SSHC language," said Narayan Neevita, otolaryngologist and director SSHC.
Cochlear implantation is a proven option for surgical profoundly hearing-impaired who do not benefit from hearing aids.
Dr. Ameet Kishore, who still held more than 500 such implants said: "If your child becomes quiet, he heard familiar voices, does not react to loud noise, talking, not listening at a distance, does not shout to attract attention or make a noise, to indicate pleasure or disappointment, or respond to it, looking at the speaker, you should immediately take the child for a hearing test. "
Deputy CM Sushil Modi K, who was present as chief guest, met children who had previously undergone cochlear implantation. "Our government is ready to provide all possible support. We must help to cochlear implants, if they work well for patients," he said.
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