Question 22157 — health

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Ms. Constance Le Grip draws the attention of the Minister of National Education and Youth to the challenges of children's hearing and visual health. In fact, 32% of French schoolchildren in CP, CE1 and CE2 wear glasses and 4% have hearing problems. From a very young age, children are exposed to screens, which can quickly have a negative impact on their visual health and cause learning problems. of reading. The same goes for hearing problems, which for their part can be caused by the tumult present in classes, in places of collective catering, or even by music listened to at very high volume. However, in a recent survey by the OpinionWay institute, only 3% of teachers said they felt sufficiently trained about visual problems affecting children and only 2% about hearing problems. Also, visual disorders are sometimes the cause of dyslexia leading to problems in learning to read. According to the Stein research group at the University of Oxford, 67% of dyslexic children have poor convergence of both eyes. Furthermore, hearing loss causes a less easy perception of noises and sounds that could disrupt the child's school career, in his socialization process and his self-esteem. If teachers try to adapt by moving students closer to the board or by adapting the lighting or by monitoring the quality of the sound environment, some children have never benefited from an eye exam (9%) or a hearing test (20%). Faced with the challenge of providing educational support for children with visual and hearing problems, she wants to know what measures the Government plans to implement to remedy this situation and to improve teacher training.

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