For those of you who have just or will have a baby son, beware of hearing loss or deafness in infants. Hearing loss in infants usually occurs when the baby is still in its mother's womb. The cause of infant deafness due to genetic factors from the parents of the baby or because the birth process that is not good.In addition to several possibilities above, the health condition of the mother was also very influential. According to some pediatricians and obstetricians, deaf infants can be caused by the mother baby suffering from herpes at the time of conception can cause a baby boy born in a state of the yellow.
As for the signs of deafness in children can be known at the time of delivery, ie when the baby does not cry immediately after birth, usually the baby will have a hearing loss or deafness. So for the mothers do not directly be glad when the baby found in a state of calm at the time of birth, because that's a sign your child have a hearing loss. In addition, the sign deaf infants also can be detected by looking at the response received by the baby whether sooner or later, when infants received by no later than likely the baby will experience deafness.
Infants with hearing loss or deafness can also be detected at the time the baby to sleep, when the babies do not wake up during sleep despite the loud noises around him. Normal baby will feel disturbed and shocked when hearing the sounds that are very hard.
To determine whether infants have a hearing loss or not, parents can consult the doctor at the age of 3 months from birth. Or you can also perform tests on the baby's response with applause melakukakan way in areas that are not visible baby, when babies respond quickly so your baby can certainly not have a hearing loss. But if your baby does not respond to the sound of applause you should consult your baby to a hospital or a specialist.