Help develop coping strategies. Everyone struggles in noise but there are things that your child can do to make it easier such as asking for things to be repeated, and repeating back what is said.
Children with mild hearing losses and listening difficulties usually rely more on visual information. Help your child to ask for written information from school rather than relying on learning through listening.
Top Tips
At home
- Make sure the family face your child and that your child is looking at them so they are ready to listen to them.
- Ask your child to repeat back what is said to them at home.
- Work on increasing their confidence.
- Reduce background noise such as TV when talking.
- Re-phrase sentences instead of repeating them if they have not been understood.
- Break down instructions into short pieces of information.
At school
Letting sound come to the ears more clearly can help. This can include:
- Sitting at the front of the class. The closer your child is to the speaker, the better the signal.
- Have a clear view of their teacher.
- Ask their teacher to try to reduce background noise.
- Ask their teacher to say your child’s name before they begin speaking to them and giving out instructions.
- Encourage them to check if they have understood their teacher correctly. Maybe tell them to have a pen in their hand so they are ready to write things down, or say it back to their teacher so they know they have understood.
Battery Warning
Please note that batteries are toxic and should be out of reach from babies and children at all times. Your audiologist will add battery locks onto the hearing aids to ensure that babies and children are unable to get into the battery compartment.
If the hearing aid wearer has younger siblings in the house, then battery locks can also be added to older children’s hearing aids as well. Please ask your audiologist. Also, ensure that any older relatives or friends who wear hearing aids are aware of the risk should you visit with younger children.
Children’s hearing aid repairs
Should you feel that your child’s hearing aid has stopped working, you can contact us to arrange an appointment through one of the following routes on our contact us page.