Monday, March 7, 2011

Childhood deafness affects 100 000 Italian children: recovery is possible

Not being able to feel good means to miss the sounds and the sounds of life and suffers the whole body, not least, the character and mood. If you are unable to hear the children, the problem becomes more serious as features through the voice of parents, children learn about the world and move around inside.

If the European Day of Speech Therapy this year is dedicated infant hearing loss, the reason is this: to turn the spotlight on a very serious condition and raise awareness about an issue not well known. "(The) Look who's talking?" Is the slogan of the event organized in Italy by the Italian Federation Speech, together with the European Coordination of Speech CPLOL, which was celebrated yesterday.

"Hearing loss - says the president of the Speech, Tiziana Rossetto - is not only a problem of the elderly. Indeed, if later in life can be considered as a physiological phenomenon due to natural aging in the pediatric and adolescent can not be underestimated. " Experts advise to pay attention to our children if the hearing impairment is not adequately identified and managed, can cause problems and disrupt the communication and interpersonal quality of life for those affected.

As in any other disease, early diagnosis is crucial to begin a rehabilitation speech that can guarantee a very high quality of life. As can be alarming, the evidence is about 1% of children under three years suffer from hearing loss, for a total of 1,000 new child is born with deafness severe deficit.

The same applies to 2% of children between 4 and 12 years, and you get to 4% of the population between 13 and 45 years, 10% between 46-60 years, 25% among 61-80 year and 50% over 80 years. Each year, therefore, more than a thousand children are born with congenital deafness to around 100 000 children involved from 0 to 14 years.

For more information, from today until Friday, March 11 speech therapists will answer any further questions to numero049/8647936, daily from 10am to 12pm. To know the spatial structures that can help us for a prompt diagnosis can also visit the website www. fli. com. Children are not always aware of their health and the parents have to pay attention to any sign that expresses a discomfort.

The deaf child also involves relationship problems and often is the basis of aggressive and withdrawn behavior in classrooms and with friends.

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