The nurse is assessing a 7-year-old with a hearing aid. His mother says he is losing his hearing again. The nurse would expect to make the finding related to the overproduction of cerumen.
Hearing aids can assist enhance hearing and speech, primarily for children with a type of hearing loss named nerve deafness (sensorineural hearing loss).
The hearing aids aim to help with the growth of your child's speech and language aptitudes along with their education.
The most familiar type of hearing aid for infants and children is anointed behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid because it sits behind the ear.
