title: [Hearing disorders in 3- to 12-year-olds].
abstract: The hearing disorders of the child between 3 and 12 years are dominated by the conductive hearing loss. The questioning, looking for risk factors, as well as the otoscopy are essential to detect and diagnose a hearing disorder. Screening tests help to identify the children with risk of hearing loss. Then, the child is sent for diagnosis towards an ENT specialist or a specialized structure. In spite of the frequency of the conductive hearing loss, in case of the slightest doubt, a sensorineural hearing loss must be always looked for by a puretone audiometry examination via the headphones.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL pédiatrique, CHU de La Timone, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France. stephane.roman@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elziere
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nicollas
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Triglia
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D038781:Otoscopy