Why choose the Hear Today clinic?
The Audiologists at the Hear Today clinic love working with children. We start each day focused on providing family-centred care, so that each child’s specific needs are met during their appointment. We also strive to ensure that every child leaves with a positive experience after attending our clinic. Children of all ages are welcome to come along for a hearing test.
Around 1-2 babies in every 1000 are born with a permanent hearing loss in developed countries such as Australia(1-2). Some types of hearing loss can develop after birth. Common causes of hearing loss during early childhood include ear infections and glue ear. These conditions can cause a temporary hearing loss and negatively impact your child’s speech and language development. Other more permanent hearing losses develop slowly over time, and you may not even realise that your child’s hearing isn’t 100%. By the age of 16 years, around 3 children in every 1000 are expected to have developed some form of hearing loss(3).
Our Audiologists want to ensure that your toddler achieves the best hearing outcome before they start school. We believe that every child should have an annual hearing test in the first few years of life because hearing loss is invisible. So come along and visit our team.
1. Morton, C. C., & Nance, W. E. (2006). Newborn hearing screening—a silent revolution. New England Journal of Medicine, 354(20), 2151-2164.
2. Mehra, S., Eavey, R. D., & Keamy Jr, D. G. (2009). The epidemiology of hearing impairment in the United States: newborns, children, and adolescents. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 140(4), 461-472.
3. Ching, T. Y., Oong, R., & Van Wanrooy, E. (2006). The ages of intervention in regions with and without universal newborn hearing screening and prevalence of childhood hearing impairment in Australia. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 28(2), 137-150.
