Whenever we say that somebody has mild hearing loss, that means we would have done an audiometric evaluation, found that the child has a hearing loss between 20 and 40 decibels, this can usually be secondary to either fluid accumulation behind the ear, when it causes a conductive hearing loss, wax accumulation or in some kids it can be because the neve being weak. wax accumulating or fluid accumulating causing hearing loss can be manage d by removal of wax behind the eras, as well as treatment with medicines and if required removal foo the fluid with minor surgical procedures. This will usually restore the hearing back to normal. Whereas in children who have nerve weakness. In them the question is how does it affect the child’s development of language as well as scholastic performance in the school? Usually mild hearing losses will not require any form of intervention if it is not interfering with any of the above two parameters. If the child is learning speech well as well as learning speech well, the nothing needs to be done. One thing that probably needs to be emphasised is to take to the school teacher and the school management to see to it that the child is made to sit in the front rows of the class so that they will be able to hear the teacher better. If it is actually affecting the scholastic performance, as well as the development of speech, the in such children we would recommend the use of hearing aids.
