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What are the characteristics of a pre-school child with a hearing loss?

Outline the the characteristics of a pre-school child with a hearing loss.

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Maurice
(i) Complain of aches/ colds/ allergies.
(ii) Have discharge from ears/ otitis media.
(iii) Confuse words that sound alike.
(iv) Does not always come and look when called by name/ may fail to answer when called by name.
(v) Easily distracted.
(vi) Short attention span.
(vii) Frequent attention drift/ does not pay attention to instruction half or more of the time.
(viii) Problems following directions/ get confused about directions.
(ix) Turns head towards source of sound.
(x) Easily withdrawn.
(xi) Lacks interest in conversation.
(xii) Poor speech/ harsh voice/ extra loud voice.
(xiii) Takes longer than normal to respond to verbal stimuli.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 25, 2017 at 06:37

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