How can parents determine their baby’s hearing?

  Teach yourself to judge your baby’s hearing – how to observe and check the daily life hearing of younger infants and toddlers 1. Sucking and feeding observation method Infants and toddlers are given certain sounds when feeding, preferably a short tapping sound (about 1 second) when the baby is eating with the most pleasure. Under normal circumstances, the baby’s rhythm or movement of sucking milk will change or even stop sucking, sometimes you will also see blinking, facial and hand and foot twitching, etc. You can give a medium intensity sound for the first time, and if there is a response, reduce the sound for the next time; if there is no response, increase the sound. Shanghai Xinhua Hospital Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery Huang Zhizhu 2, sleep test method When infants and toddlers fall asleep (light sleep state), ring the bell on each side of the ear to observe whether the child will be awakened by the sound, or appear blinking, body twitching and other actions. When sleeping deeply, pinch the nose so that the baby will wake up soon, and then repeat the test.  3.Turning head test method For babies over 3 months old, let the baby sit on the mother’s lap and give him a small toy to attract attention. Another person behind the child left and right sides respectively suddenly knock Ling, observe whether the child will actively to find the sound.  Parents use feedback Infant behavior test requirements 1. Give a moderate sound when the baby is light asleep (just when the eyes are closing to sleep), and see how the baby reacts? Then tell me.  2.Give a moderate sound when baby is feeding and see how baby reacts. Then tell me.  Feedback: When we ring the bell in the baby’s ear, she seems to react and stop, but she doesn’t know how to find the source of the sound. When slapping, not much reaction, just blinking eyes. She wakes up when she shakes the bell when she is lightly sleeping (just closing her eyes to sleep). Hears the sound of the door closing and her eyes open. When she wakes up, she doesn’t seem to respond to ringing the bell or calling out to her. Hospital diagnosis: hearing is normal in both ears. Dialogue during actual use