Pediatric
Experienced pediatric audiologists are here to help your child with their hearing health.
Pediatric Services
Hearing loss and auditory processing disorder ae very common in children. In fact, approximately 1 in every 1,000 children are born hearing impaired. If you are concerned your child might have hearing loss, contact us for a full hearing test immediately. We offer the following pediatric hearing tests for children of all ages:
- Behavioral Observation Audiometry (BOA)
- Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)
- Conditioned Oriented Response (COR)
- Conditioning Play Audiometry
- Traditional Audiometric Testing
- Speech Audiometry
Your Child’s First Appointment
When you bring your child to CRM Audiology for their hearing health, they will be treated with the utmost care and patience. We want your child to feel comfortable throughout their entire time at our office.
- To begin your child’s appointment, we will first have a discussion with their parent or guardian on where their child is having trouble hearing and what their concerns are.
- Then we will need to perform an otoscope exam of the middle ear by looking at their eardrum and ear canal. If your child is having a hard time with this step, we can skip it for the time being and move into testing.
- During your child’s initial appointment, we will always have two audiologists working together to provide care for your child. We will have one audiologist sit inside the sound booth with your child to help them through the hearing assessment.
- We use a number of pediatric hearing tests including play audiometry to assess your child’s hearing ability.
- After the hearing evaluation, we will discuss the results with you and go over treatment options and how to advocate for your child in their school.
Hearing Loss in Children
Your child’s hearing plays a crucial role in their social, emotional, and cognitive development. It’s important to be proactive about your child’s hearing health in order to provide them with the resources necessary for success by visiting a pediatric audiologist.
Here are some milestones your child should reach in their first year of life:
- Most infants will jump or startle at a sudden loud noise
- By 3 months they should recognize their parent’s voice
- By 6 months they can usually turn their eyes or head towards a sound
- By 12 months they can usually imitate sounds and say a few words, such as “Mama” or “bye-bye”
As your child grows and develops, it’s important to continue monitoring their hearing and developmental progress. Hearing loss can occur at any age, so it’s important to be proactive by watching for the signs of hearing loss in young children. Some signs include:
- They have limited, poor, or no speech
- They are inattentive
- Difficulty learning
- They need to have the TV at a higher volume
- They fail to respond to conversation-level speech
- They answer inappropriately to speech
- The don’t respond to their name
- They become easily frustrated when there is background noise
If your child has shown signs of hearing loss, please contact us for an appointment. Our hearing specialists are experienced in helping children with hearing loss and we offer pediatric hearing services to help your child.
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