As a parent to a child using hearing aids or cochlear
implant, it is very important to make sure your child uses his/her hearing
devices as maximum possible during their waking hours. Allowing them not to
wear hearing devices at certain times for example after school or on weekends,
gives them the idea that hearing and listening are only needed for school. This
is absolutely incorrect because we know that different environments provide
different sound and speech inputs to your child. The more sounds and speech
inputs they get, the more they can develop their speech and language abilities.
Tasnim Hazizan, Audiologist
Although some children would adjust quite easily to their
hearing devices, it could be difficult for some other children. Often parents
complained of the struggles they faced to maintain the hearing devices on their
child. This could lead to frustration and eventually causes parents to give way
to their child not using their hearing devices.
