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Digital Hearing Aids and the Prevention of Hearing Loss |
Common Causes of Deafness and How You May Be Able to Prevent It
Deafness can vary from mild to severe. Deafness at birth is called congenital deafness and that which occurs after birth is called adventitious deafness. The causes of adventitious deafness are many. Lifestyle has a vital responsibility for cause of hearing loss and one of the main causes of adventitious deafness is noise. . .
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Digital Hearing Devices and How They Work
Are you becoming hard of hearing and wondering whether a digital hearing aid is for you?
The fact that there are so many people affected by hearing loss has given rise to new research into hearing loss.
In the last decade, there has been a sharp increase in the number of hearing aids on the market. The state-of-the art digital hearing aid improves the hearing capacity of the hearing impaired person. A digital hearing aid is a device that receives sound and breaks the . . . |
Prevention of Loss of Hearing in Children, Young Adults and Older People
One of the painless, odorless, tasteless and invisible diseases is loss of hearing. Even though it is painless, it affects the person mentally and psychologically. Loss of hearing is commonly divided in to three types - conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss and mixed hearing loss. . . |
Youth at Risk of Going Deaf Earlier
Recent studies and research into hearing loss shows that most of young generation is affected by what physicians call “Noise-induced Hearing Loss”. Such hearing loss is attributed to a sensorineural hearing deficit that starts at a higher rate of frequencies and grows as a result of continual . . .
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Glue Ear in Children: Do you Know the Causes and the Effects on their Hearing?
Glue Ear is a hearing impairment commonly seen in children. It results in a hearing loss with an average of 20 decibels (db HL). Due to this condition, normal speech seems to be a whisper.
Glue ear is mostly seen in small children around the age of three. As the children get older, the probability of glue ear reduces.
Glue ear is a painless condition. The back of the eardrum fills with a thick, sticky fluid, which causes blockage in the middle ear. The movement of bones is minimized in the ear due to the thick fluid. This leads to loss of hearing.
If glue ear is not given proper treatment, it will lead to delayed speech in young children, and affect. . .
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