Childhood hearing loss is a common problem in schools. Profound hearing loss is easily detected. It is children with mild hearing loss, who are missed and have to be identified and help rendered.

Even a mild hearing loss can affect the child’s learning capabilities as he can miss out on 10% or more of classroom instructions. Mild hearing loss in the child’s formative years can have dramatic consequence.

Handicap commonly seen in undetected / untreated children with mild hearing loss are, Inadequate Speech / communicative skills, Backward child, A language learning deficit (ALLD), Problematic child, Learning disability [LD], Mentally challenged, etc.

Handicap due to hearing loss should be of grave concern to educators, school teachers and parents alike. Teachers have to take special interest to identify and help these children.