| ADVICE
TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH EAR INFECTIONS |
- Develop
an awareness of behaviors which your child exhibits when
he has ear infections, e.g., pulling at ears, fussiness,
etc.
- Seek
medical management.
- Screen
for hearing loss when your child experiences ear infections
lasting longer than three months; children with histories
of ear infections should be screened at age 3.
- Periodically
screen for speech and languag
 e
problems.
- When
talking to your child, face him and talk at his eye level.
- Speak
clearly to your child.
- Reduce
background noise.
- Advise
teachers to allow preferential seating (close to the teacher
but in a position where he can see the other students).
Go
to Ear Infections
and the Development of Language
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