{"id":2622,"date":"2022-06-09T13:44:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2022-06-09T13:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:44:14","slug":"how-does-hearing-loss-impact-language-development-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/how-does-hearing-loss-impact-language-development-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Hearing Loss Impact Language Development in Children?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hearing loss in early childhood can affect language development in many ways. Let\u2019s look at some common challenges faced by children with <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/hearing\/hearing-loss\/\">hearing loss<\/a> as well as what can be done to help improve their learning ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Children with Hearing Loss Are Slower to Develop Vocabulary <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905479-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"School-aged boy doing homework.\" class=\"wp-image-2624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905479-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905479-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905479-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905479-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vocabulary skills don\u2019t develop as quickly in young children with hearing loss as opposed to their peers who have normal hearing. Specifically, you might notice that children who struggle to hear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Understand concrete words like \u201cdog,\u201d but struggle with more abstract terms like \u201cbefore\u201d or \u201cafter.\u201d<\/li><li>Have difficulty understanding words with multiple meanings<\/li><li>Speak in shorter sentences<\/li><li>Learn to read at a slower pace<\/li><li>Have trouble both understanding and expressing more complex sentences<\/li><li>Have difficulty hearing words that end in \u201cs\u201d or \u201ced\u201d making it harder to pick up on different tenses<\/li><li>Trouble gauging the volume of their own voice when they speak<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Hearing Loss Can Affect Academic Performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These delays in language development can affect your child\u2019s ability to perform well in class at <a href=\"https:\/\/central.sandiegounified.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Elementary<\/a> or another school. They may struggle in all subjects, particularly with reading and mathematical concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without proper treatment, the achievement gap between children with hearing loss and those with normal hearing widens with age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Social Relationships are Harder for Children Who Struggle to Hear<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people with hearing loss may have trouble picking up on auditory clues or struggle with pronunciation. They may try to mimic their peers and pretend to understand what is being said, which can lead to misunderstandings. Children with hearing loss often report feeling isolated and struggle to make friends in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Children\u2019s Hearing Aids Help Close Development Gap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Research has shown that treating hearing loss in children can help close the language development gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One study published in 2016 examined the language outcomes of preschool-aged children with mild to severe hearing loss and the role <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/hearing\/hearing-aids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hearing aids <\/a>played in their development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4704115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">children fit early with hearing aids had better early language achievement<\/a> than children fit later. However, children who were fit after 18 months were still able to improve their language abilities with the help of hearing aids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are concerned about your child\u2019s hearing, contact <span class=\"company-name \">San Diego ENT<\/span> today to speak to a specialist or schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><ul class=\"related-posts\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/what-makes-you-most-likely-to-develop-hearing-loss\/\" class=\"related-post\">What Makes You Most Likely to Develop Hearing Loss?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/how-we-hear-and-process-sound-waves\/\" class=\"related-post\">How We Hear and Process Sound Waves<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/can-action-movies-cause-hearing-loss\/\" class=\"related-post\">Can Action Movies Cause Hearing Loss?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing loss in early childhood can affect language development in many ways. Let\u2019s look at some common challenges faced by children with hearing loss as well as what can be done to help improve their learning ability. Children with Hearing Loss Are Slower to Develop Vocabulary Vocabulary skills don\u2019t develop as quickly in young children&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Let\u2019s look at some common challenges faced by children with hearing loss as well as what can be done to help improve their learning ability.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions\/2628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}