Friends and enemies of children's ears

Some sounds are beneficial for children's hearing. It is more: they enhance and stimulate the baby's hearing. Other sounds, however, do them no good. Although the enemies of the ear of the baby are not concretely sounds, but they are related to the volume and the form to listen the sounds. José Luis

Some sounds are beneficial for children's hearing. It is more: they enhance and stimulate the baby's hearing. Other sounds, however, do them no good. Although the enemies of the ear of the baby are not concretely sounds, but they are related to the volume and the form to listen the sounds.

José Luis Blanco, Head of Audiology at Oticon, explains to us which are the friends and enemies of the children's ears.

We explain to you which are the friends and enemies of the children's ears

It is not that there are good sounds and bad sounds. There are sounds that stimulate the ear of the child and others that by their volume, can damage their auditory synthema. They are the friends and enemies of children's ears.

1. The friends of the children's ears:

There are beneficial sounds, which help to generate the sense of rhythm in the child, to organize sounds in the brain appropriately and to develop the musical ear. They are all related to percussion elements:

- A wooden xylophone.

- A drum.

All children like to be struck by these percussion musical instruments, it helps them to generate a sense of rhythm and to repeat sound cadences. All children like to play, and in addition, it is an excellent educational tool.

2. The enemies of children's hearing:

What is the main enemy of the ear? The over-stimulation of the auditory system. It is incredible that there is a regulation of worker protection against noise and that we stimulate children with videogame sounds or by putting them supraoral headphones with a very large power.

The baby's ear is still very sensitive to auditory stimulation, and if we overstep the stimulation, we can damage a system that is still under construction. Children should be spoken at a normal volume, without excessive noise.

Stimulating normally, at the level of the word, yes, we should never put noises above the level of the word. Even in teenagers.

How can we know if the child has a correct volume in the headphones? Do the following test: if you talk to him with his headphones on, you speak to him at a normal volume one meter away, he should be able to know what you are saying. If you do not hear, it's because the volume you have is harmful.