Does the sound of firecrackers affect the hearing of newborns?

Every New Year, every household will set off firecrackers. So, does the sound of firecrackers affect the hearing of newborns?

Does the sound of firecrackers affect the hearing of newborns?

The sound of firecrackers has an impact on the hearing of newborns.

reason:

1. The auditory nervous system of newborns is not fully developed. When they hear loud noises, they open their mouths to buffer the pressure difference on both sides of the eardrum. The sound of firecrackers can easily cause damage to the baby's hearing.

However, the baby's eardrum is relatively flexible and it is not easy to cause perforation of the eardrum. But to be on the safe side, parents should keep the baby away from the sound of firecrackers. If the baby hears it and is frightened, he should go to the hospital immediately to check whether the eardrum is damaged.

2. The sudden strong explosion or strong noise of the air wave impacting the auditory organs can easily cause blast-induced deafness in babies. Immediately after the shock, the baby will feel bilateral hearing loss, severe tinnitus, ear pain and other symptoms, resulting in ruptured eardrums, destruction of the middle ear ossicles, damage and bleeding of the inner ear tissue, and may be accompanied by concussion symptoms such as dizziness and vomiting.

•The occurrence of blast hearing loss is related to the explosion intensity of fireworks and firecrackers. The greater the intensity, the higher the chance of injury. If the number of firecrackers is large and the time is more concentrated, the noise will be louder, and the chance of blast hearing loss will be greater.

•After blast deafness occurs, hearing tests show severe hearing impairment or even complete hearing loss. In mild cases, hearing may be partially restored, but in severe cases, permanent deafness may occur.

These details of life can easily cause hearing loss in babies

Blow your nose hard

When most parents teach their babies to blow their noses, they press down half of the baby's nostrils with their thumb and index finger, and then tell the baby to blow air through the nostrils hard so that the air comes out of both nostrils at the same time! This is a big mistake, stop it!

Such actions often cause babies to blow their noses too hard, especially when blowing both nostrils at the same time. This may cause the bacteria in the nasal cavity to directly invade the tympanic cavity through the Eustachian tube under the action of pressure, causing damage to the ears! This damage may cause temporary ear blockage at the mildest, and ear pain, middle ear pus accumulation, and even eardrum perforation and hearing loss at the worst.

Sniffing

In contrast to blowing the nose hard, some babies are too lazy to blow the snot out when they have a runny nose, and prefer to suck the snot into their pharynx. Over time, this becomes a habit, and they often do this "sucking the nose" action even when they don't have a runny nose. Whether there is a runny nose or not, sucking the nose is a very bad habit. This action increases the baby's chance of otitis media, and in severe cases, it may be complicated by brain abscesses, which is very dangerous. Therefore, when a baby has a runny nose, it must be blown out gently, and parents should pay attention to the method and correct the baby's bad habits in time.

At which stages are babies' hearing easily damaged?

Babies' hearing is most vulnerable to damage during the following stages, so special attention should be paid.

First, in the third month after the mother's pregnancy, the baby's hearing-related organs and functions are in the growth and development period. If the pregnant mother is in a high-noise environment for a long time at this time, the noise will affect the baby's hearing development.

The second is the three months before the baby is born. Because the baby can just begin to hear sounds and is very sensitive to sounds during this period, music prenatal education should be reduced or stopped during this period to avoid harm to the baby caused by electromagnetic noise. Pregnant mothers should communicate directly with the baby, talk to the baby more, let the baby feel and become familiar with the mother's voice, and enhance the close relationship between mother and child.

The third is the six months after the baby is born. During this period, the baby's hearing is most vulnerable, the reaction to sound is more sensitive, and the baby is prone to ear diseases. If the living environment is noisy or the baby is suddenly exposed to high noise stimulation, or is affected by illness, it may cause irreversible damage to the baby's hearing and cause the baby to lose hearing forever.

How to protect children's hearing

(1) Be careful not to use matches, hairpins, etc. to pick earwax from children. Generally speaking, earwax will fall out by itself and there is no need to pick it out. If there is too much earwax in the ear and it does not fall out, go to the hospital and have the doctor remove it. Children should not pick their own ears, because children have poor muscle control in their hands and can easily damage their ears. In addition, if children are found to have bad habits such as randomly stuffing paper balls into their ears, they should be educated.

(2) Avoid giving children drugs such as gentamicin, quinine, and streptomycin as much as possible to avoid hearing damage. Prevent upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, measles, Japanese encephalitis, and other infectious diseases because these diseases can cause otitis media. In addition, when washing children's hair and face, do not let dirty water flow into their ears to avoid external otitis and hearing damage.

(3) Do not let children get close to places with loud noises to avoid damaging their hearing. If you find that your child has ear pain, you must go to the hospital for examination and receive correct treatment as soon as possible to avoid hearing loss.