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Posted on 27th Jul 2010 @ 4:07 AM

To get your baby has normal hearing, you care when your baby is very small ears and pay attention to, the following list of the top five on the right way for the parents as a reference.

1. feeding, it is best to take half of your baby sitting
Before discussing the feeding position, let us look at the secret inside small ears: the baby's ear into the outer ear, middle ear, inner ear of three parts, of which the middle ear is a relatively sealed gas chamber, a small tube in the anterior wall of the nasal pharynx connected, called the eustachian tube.
Normally, the export of eustachian tube in nasopharyngeal tissue by squeezing around the state were closed, but when the baby swallowing, chewing, sneezing, or crying, in order to maintain the pressure balance inside and outside the middle ear, eustachian tube will be an instant open. As the baby's ears have yet to develop complete, the eustachian tube is relatively short, and the location of low and straight, horizontal, if you hold your baby so that he lay flat milk, bottle mouth open too far, too vertical bottle too straight, etc., are likely to cause choking baby, so that the milk down the eustachian tube into the middle ear, induced otitis media.
Correct feeding position is: If it is sitting feeding the baby should be oblique in his arms, so that the baby was half-sitting position, upper body leaning against the baby legs which can be more padded stool; If it is lying on the side feeding, Mom to use arms to support baby's upper body and head on, in order to obtain the most appropriate angle.
2. for the baby to the hospital needs cleaning earwax
We said earlier, if less wax, then do not clean up. However, if the wax has more, and formed lumps, like a plug, like plug in his ear, you need to take the baby to the hospital, ask the doctor to help clean up.
However, some parents may feel a little small for this go to the hospital a lot of trouble, so they get their baby up. In fact, this practice is very dangerous. First, because families do not have ears generally light, the parents often leap of faith can only be yes, this is likely to cause local damage; second, because the baby had not yet learned a lot of cooperation, may tamper with; and third once in the ear of the process of digging , do not care a physical shock, such as accidentally touching others through his mother's hand, etc., which may pierce the tympanic membrane.
The doctor can light or reflector otoscope ear to observe the situation inside the ear canal, ear wax more, it can directly remove the cotton swab or medical tweezers. When the wax has become difficult to remove ear wax stone, the doctor can use ear drops to soften earwax. Softening of ear wax discharge from the ear canal, it is easy to clean.
3. respiratory tract infection, ask your baby has an ear discomfort
When children suffering from respiratory tract infection, bacteria are very easy to pass into the middle ear Eustachian tube, causing otitis media. However, this acute otitis media is usually in the cold after 7 to 10 days will attack, so it is easily ignored by their parents. Symptoms of respiratory tract infection in the baby have disappeared, the parents also need to pay attention if your baby shows symptoms of otitis media. In addition, the effort to prevent a cold or flu cycle is as short as possible to avoid the risk of otitis media in children's best practices.
4. the baby caught a cold, otitis media, do not fly
In the child's body in good circumstances, take a plane generally will not be much problem. In the aircraft taking off and landing process, you can let the children by sucking or pacifier sucking and other methods to reduce the pressure in the ear. But in the baby suffering from a cold and otitis media, the best not to fly. When the eustachian tube as it is in a state of edema will increase the pressure on the ears.
5. Do not let your baby earphones
Some parents feel MP3 is very fashionable, and it will want to baby "enjoy" look. However, because the baby's age is relatively small, they may well control the volume. If the volume is very large, for the baby's hearing is damaged. In addition, the headset's ear directly stuffed into his ear, the sound directly stimulate the tympanic membrane, and then to conduction through the tympanic membrane, long time, and tympanic membrane are easily fatigued, are likely to cause hearing loss. Therefore, let your baby listen to music, listening to stories, the best or only way of earthly, and the volume not too large.