What are the early symptoms of hearing impairment in children? The following experts will explain: a. When talking with children, children often ask “what” or “say it again”, or show the state of not hearing clearly. When talking with others, children have the habit of staring at the speaker’s mouth, which is a kind of “lip reading” unique to deaf people. 3. The child does not respond or is slow to respond when called upon, and the child is poor at discerning the location of the sound source. If the child is called from the right side of the child, he cannot turn his head or body to the caller’s position accurately, but turns to the opposite or some other direction. Fourth, inaccurate pronunciation, unclear speech, and heavy rhyming sounds, parents often mistakenly believe that their children have some problems in their articulation organs. The child’s inaccurate pronunciation and unclear speech are actually a unique manifestation of sensorineural deafness. 5. The child does not pay attention in class and often does not answer the questions asked by the teacher. When watching television or listening to the radio, the child is very close to the television or radio, or likes to turn up the sound of the television or radio.