{"id":1845,"date":"2022-02-18T14:59:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:59:22","slug":"hearing-aids-babies-the-first-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent-docs.com\/hearing-aids-babies-the-first-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aids & Babies: The First Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thanks to the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) guidelines created in the year 2000, babies are screened for hearing loss<\/a> by one month of age, get a diagnostic hearing test by three months of age if necessary and receive intervention services by six months of age. The CDC estimates that, because of this program, 98% of all children born in the U.S. have had their hearing screened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residual Hearing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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If your baby experiences hearing loss but still has some of their hearing, this is known as \u201cresidual hearing.\u201d There are many ways to make the most of your child\u2019s residual hearing so they can develop speech and language on track and socialize with kids on Coes Park<\/a>; the most common way is with hearing aids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hearing Aids for Babies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hearing aids work<\/a> by amplifying sounds to a level the wearer\u2019s ears can easily detect. They\u2019re made up of four main parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n