Even mild hearing loss as a child can have long-term effects on how the brain processes sound

The Conversation – Lorna Halliday and Axelle Calcus

When we are born, our brains have a lot to learn. For the newborn baby, everything they learn about the world around them comes from their senses. Therefore, if a child’s brain is deprived of sensory information, it will continue to develop, but in a different way. A good example of this comes from children who are born deaf. Research has shown that adults who have been deaf since birth show changes in the way their brains process sensory information. Parts of the brain that would normally process sounds (the so-called auditory cortex) are also activated by visual stimuli, for example.

https://theconversation.com/even-mild-hearing-loss-as-a-child-can-have-long-term-effects-on-how-the-brain-processes-sound-125149