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In 2000, the Government announced that every newborn baby in the UK would have a hearing test within 48 hours of birth, to be implemented by 2005.

However, they didn’t take into account people born prior to 2000 and it is estimated that thousands of children and teenagers with hearing problems may have slipped through the proverbial net.

So with this in mind, Specsavers Hearcare (talk about conjuring a jumbled image!) has issued some guidelines to help spot potential problems.

1. Does your brat sit closer to the TV than necessary?

2. Do you have to repeat things to your brat?

3. Do you have to attract your brat’s attention before talking to them?

4. Does your brat regularly have their music or computer games on louder than is necessary?
If the answer to any of the above questions is ‘hell yes’, then Specsavers Hearcare recommend taking the brat to their GP to discuss the issue.

Of course, sitting close to the TV, listening to music loudly and having to be told things more than once are also signs of being ‘a teenager’, which can be cured by regularly administering a swift clip round the ear.

Posted by Thin White Duke

September 9th, 2006

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