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Conductive DeafnessConductive deafness may respond well to herbs and natural therapies, depending on the underlying cause. It’s essential that any problems involving hearing loss in children are seen by your doctor and, if necessary, by an ear, nose and throat consultant as soon as possible, as hearing problems often result in poor performance at school and disruptive behaviour.Before doing anything else, make sure your child doesn’t have a foreign body lodged in his or her ear. On no account try to remove things like beads yourself. It’s almost inevitable that you’ll simply push the object further into the ear and possibly damage the eardrum. Congestion of the sinuses by excessive or infective mucous is another common cause of hearing problems. See sinusitis in the child ear section of the Body Map. A build up of earwax is another frequent cause.. Hearing disorders are always best treated by professional practitioners. Complementary therapies which might help are Naturopathy, Acupuncture and cranial Osteopathy. For simple loss of hearing following a heavy cold or viral infection, the following herbs may be of use:
Steam inhalations of eucalyptus, tea tree, lavender or thyme are also useful. |
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