signs your child has hearing issues?
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['limited, poor, or no speech.', 'frequently inattentive.', 'difficulty learning.', 'seems to need higher TV volume.', 'fails to respond to conversation-level speech or answers inappropriately to speech.']
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['Excessive fatigue. If your child seems extraordinarily tired or sleepy, changes in blood sugar may be affecting their energy levels.', 'Frequent urination. ... ', 'Excessive thirst. ... ', 'Increased hunger. ... ', 'Slow-healing sores. ... ', 'Darkened skin.']
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['Their Pupils Are Dilated. ... ', "They Aren't Blinking As Often. ... ", 'They Start "Glitching" ... ', 'They Have Open Body Language. ... ', 'They Change The Tone Of Their Voice.']
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['Earache (either a sharp, sudden pain or a dull, continuous pain)', 'A sharp stabbing pain with immediate warm drainage from the ear canal.', 'A feeling of fullness in the ear.', 'Nausea.', 'Muffled hearing.', 'Ear drainage.']
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Hearing impairment can be caused by a number of factors including infections during childhood such as measles, mumps and meningitis, chronic otitis media, exposure to excessive or prolonged noise, head/neck injuries, use of ototoxic medications such as certain types of chemotherapies and antibiotics, industrial ...
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['difficult/noisy breathing.', 'swelling of the tongue.', 'swelling/tightness of the throat.', 'difficulty talking/hoarse voice.', 'wheezing or coughing.', 'dizziness or collapse.', 'pale and floppy (especially young children)']
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['Tugging or pulling at the ear(s)', 'Fussiness and crying.', 'Trouble sleeping.', 'Fever (especially in infants and younger children)', 'Fluid draining from the ear.', 'Clumsiness or problems with balance.', 'Trouble hearing or responding to quiet sounds.']
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Hearing loss can affect a child's development of speech and language skills. When a child has difficulty hearing, the areas of the brain used for communication may not develop appropriately. This makes understanding and talking very difficult.
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Ear aches and infections are common in babies and small children. They can also suffer from headaches.
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["by 12 months: isn't using gestures, such as pointing or waving bye-bye.", 'by 18 months: prefers gestures over vocalizations to communicate.', 'by 18 months: has trouble imitating sounds.', 'has trouble understanding simple verbal requests.']
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['Muted or muffled hearing.', 'Discharge from your ear or wax on your pillow.', 'Pain or a feeling of fullness in the ear.', 'Itchiness in the ear.']
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Fever may come with an ear infection, but not always, Shu says. Parents might spot other symptoms, such as earaches, ear drainage, trouble hearing or sleeping, ear tugging, poor appetite, vomiting, and diarrhea.
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["Your breasts don't feel full of milk. ... ", 'Your baby wakes in the night middle of the night. ... ', "The length of your baby's feeds are erratic. ... ", "You don't feel the sensation of a let-down. ... ", 'Your baby wants to breastfeed frequently. ... ', 'You have an unhappy baby. ... ', 'Your baby is fussy before bedtime.']
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Here are a few signs that indicate your child may be experiencing vision problems and need glasses: Squinting. Squinting may be a sign that your child has a refractive error , which affects how well the eyes focus on an image.
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['Fever.', 'Severe cough.', "Wheezing — a high-pitched noise that's usually heard on breathing out (exhaling)", 'Rapid breathing or difficulty breathing — the child may prefer to sit up rather than lie down.', 'Bluish color of the skin due to lack of oxygen (cyanosis)']
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The only way to know for sure if your child has one is for a doctor to look inside her ear with a tool called an otoscope, a tiny flashlight with a magnifying lens. A healthy eardrum (shown here) looks sort of clear and pinkish-gray. An infected one looks red and swollen.
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['Your ears may feel plugged or full.', 'Sounds may seem muffled.', 'You may feel a popping or clicking sensation (children may say their ear “tickles”).', 'You may have pain in one or both ears.', 'You may hear ringing in your ears (called tinnitus).']