Middle Childhood Health Concerns
Abbie Ellison 2nd
Hearing
- By 11, children have auditory awareness like adults
- Ear infections can occur
- Number of infections decrease due to changes
- Permanent hearing loss if untreated
- Mid-range sounds develop first
- Low and high rand follow
Vision
- By 6, most children are ready to read
- See objects with both eyes at same time
- Preschool children are usually farsighted
- Close up vision improves
- Nearsightedness becomes a problem later on
- 25% of children will need vision corrections
Teeth
- Begin losing primary teeth
- Central incisors are first to fall
- By 12, all 20 primary teeth fall
- May not look proportional to kid
- May become self-conscious
- Tooth decay is a common problem
- Poor hygiene equals more cavities
Obesity
- 20% more than people of same sex
- Affects about 25% of school age children
- May have fewer friends
- May get teased
- Could be inherited if parents are over weight
- The environment can cause it