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For parents
Learn about the risks to your child's hearing, how to detect hearing problems in children, and find out about the action you can take to protect your child's hearing.
In the UK, around 840 babies are born each year with a permanent hearing loss.
Much more common is for a child to be affected by glue ear. Glue ear is a build up of sticky fluid in the middle ear space of one or both ears. Learn more about the signs of glue ear and how we test for it, and find out how glue ear is treated.
Children's hearing can be damaged by exposure to loud noise. Learn about the risk factors and find out the practical steps you can take to protect your child's hearing.
Newborn children have their hearing screened, and there are a range of other tests to see if a child is experiencing a hearing loss.
As a parent, you may be one of the first people to notice that something is wrong, so it's helpful to know the signs of hearing loss in children.
Last updated on 11th December 2012
