October 28, 2009
Why do so many developmentally disabled children and adults have hearing aids?
Megan asked:
I have often seen people, mostly children but also some adults, with mental or developmental disabilities wearing large hearing aids in one or both ears. Usually these people have noticeable ****** deformities as well. Is hearing often affected by these mental defects or is there some other reason for the hearing aids? Are they hearing aids at all?
I’d even venture to say that almost everyone I’ve seen with noticeable mental disabilities have hearing aids.
A lot of the Special Ed kids in my school had ****** deformities, glasses, and hearing aids. I still see it in public places. There is a man who works in my place of employment who wears very thick glasses, a very conspicuous hearing aid, and a noticeable mental disability. Surely this is related?
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I have often seen people, mostly children but also some adults, with mental or developmental disabilities wearing large hearing aids in one or both ears. Usually these people have noticeable ****** deformities as well. Is hearing often affected by these mental defects or is there some other reason for the hearing aids? Are they hearing aids at all?
I’d even venture to say that almost everyone I’ve seen with noticeable mental disabilities have hearing aids.
A lot of the Special Ed kids in my school had ****** deformities, glasses, and hearing aids. I still see it in public places. There is a man who works in my place of employment who wears very thick glasses, a very conspicuous hearing aid, and a noticeable mental disability. Surely this is related?
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Comments on Why do so many developmentally disabled children and adults have hearing aids? »
justmeinthisworld @ 8:13 pm
than you haven’t seen many–i’ve seen many—and haven’t had teh same obseravtion
Teddy @ 3:45 am
A person can have many developmental delays, including hearing. So some children are born with poor ability to make sense of the sound they hear and benefit from using hearing aids until they catch up. My son wore them until he was about 5.
Some developmental disabilities include deformities of certain parts of the body including the ears.
But I must say, I haven’t notice nearly as many people with disabilities wearing hearing aids as you have. Perhaps the community you live in has some genetic problem that makes hearing disabilities more prominent.
deafdyke @ 8:06 pm
Hearing loss and deafness are common with many different kinds of genetic problems that cause developmental delays and other problems. Down Syndrome is one. It can result in blindness or low vision as well as hearing loss/deafness.
I think what the other answerer was referring to is auditory processing disorder. Hearing aids are sometimes prescribed for this. The ear is in no way damaged, but the person is unable to make sense of the sounds.
It is not unusual for those born with genetic or chromosomal abnormalities to have multiple handicaps.
wtptoo @ 2:26 am
There’s suppose to be a connection between Autism and Central Auditory Processing Disorder is one possible reason.
jd @ 10:45 am
I sure haven’t noticed this and I have been around a while now.
The ear has nothing to do with the mind.
If their disability is a deformation then it may effect the ear canal causing loss of hearing.
If you go to a place where these folks live or learn then they will probably all have the same afflictions to varying degrees.
James H @ 12:14 pm
The hearing aids may be helping to correct one of the many disabilities that person may have. You can have hearing disabilities along with a few other disabilities. The hearing aid(s) are just correcting one of those disabilities.
edoedo @ 10:12 pm
Not it is not related but I believe I do know what you’re talking about but the answer is no; it is not all but it make you think it is but really it is not.
Like when people see other people that are so different and not using the way they are then it goes in your mind and think like that but really it is not all but just very few.