### Odymutism This is an imprecise term, because it does not sufficiently indicate the delay in the development of speech... the child is mute despite the ability to hear.. The term odymutism should only be used for children who, after 3 years of age, can only express their meaning through gestures and movements and are not able to say any words, but they have normal hearing and there is a brain disorder in primary hearing.. ### Classification and effects of children's hearing disorders depending on their severity ### **natural hearing** Hearing threshold in audiometry, pure tone for each frequency, is not more than 20 dB.... ### **Mild deafness** In Shenji hearing, there is a pure tone deafness greater than 20 dB or a maximum of 0 dB for the entire frequency spectrum.... In a child with a normal IQ, deafness at this level usually does not cause a delay in speech development... ### **moderate deafness** In this case, the average deafness in the main speech frequencies of 250 to 4000 Hz is between 40 and 60 decibels... This causes a significant difficulty in understanding speech so that the development of speech is delayed.... These children must attend a special school for the deaf, but usually at an older age they can return to regular schools provided they use hearing aids and have a normal IQ... ### **Deafness severe** Moderate deafness is severely affected in the main speech frequencies of more than 60 dB and tones above 1000 Hz.... These children should attend a special school for the deaf.... They should have several years of lip-reading training to compensate for the loss of hearing function with vision.... ### **bilateral complete deafness** This type is fortunately very rare....even patients with near-total deafness often have residual hearing that can be detected by electroacoustic methods....the child must be educated at a Deaf Visa school...adults are candidates for cochlear implants....### **multiple disabilities** In addition to deafness, some children suffer from mental retardation, behavioral disorders, severe brain damage or delayed motor development that causes the inability to speak. For these children, a treatment program must be implemented by a team consisting of a pediatrician, an ear specialist, and a speech pathologist. Can... ### **Totally deaf child** In a child who has no hearing or only a small remnant of hearing, there is no auditory feedback, and the child suffers from a monotonous and normal type of speech that distinguishes a completely deaf child from a child with normal hearing or partial deafness, the best results of rehabilitation are achieved through the following: - Timely diagnosis and treatment - Early prescription of hearing aids - Cochlear implantation in selected cases - Long-term hearing training and early voice and speech training in preschools and special elementary schools for the deaf in order to create lost audio components and speech content... Children's heart diseases Strengthening the child's immune system Seizures in children Ear infections in children Vaccination of children Ear infections in children Thanks to the management of the site Dr. Faraji pediatrician