What is a Hearing loss

Hearing loss means when your hearing ability is reduced. It can make more difficult to hear the sound and other speech. Hearing loss can obvious in many different ways. Depending on the degree of sharpness of the hearing loss.

Hearing loss that occurs little by little as your age is in common. 25 percent of people between the ages of 55 and 64 have some degree of hearing loss. Aging and old exposure to loud noises are important factors for hearing loss. Other factors, like excessive earwax, can temporarily prevent your ears from conducting sounds as well as they should.

There are some different types of hearing loss and many causes, the symptoms are similar of type or cause.

Some common Signs and symptoms of hearing loss:

• Listening to television or radio at a high volume


• The problem in understanding speech, words, especially in noise or in a crowded area.


• The problem in hearing people on the phone and asking to speak more slowly, clearly, and loudly


• Often ask people to repeat themselves


• Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears


• Trouble in hearing consonants


• Start avoiding some social events and party

This type of hearing loss often gives results in a decreased ability to hear high pitched sounds.

Temporary vs. Permanent hearing loss

The temporary hearing loss is often caused by loud noises like attending an event, gunshots or fireworks, parties. The temporary hearing loss is divided by a Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS) and is often occur by tinnitus. It can only for a few hours or some days before hearing returns to normal. If you reveal to loud noises regularly, the ears have a harder time recovering from TTS after each occurrence, and your hearing loss can become permanent.

Different temporary hearing loss, the permanent hearing loss cannot be back and usually damage to the auditory nerves or the tiny hair cells of the inner ear. For permanent hearing losses, the best solution is used properly fitted hearing aids.

Symptoms of hearing the loss in children:

Hearing loss in children mostly finds out with the help of a newborn child “infant hearing screening” soon after birth.

Symptoms of hearing the loss in children:

• A delay in a speech the words


• Delay in language development and learning disability


• The child does not startle when a loud sound is present


• A child cannot localize sound (tell where the sound is coming from)


• Poor performance and behavior problem in school

A common behavior in children with hearing loss

• Sad - They do not understand why people are shouting at them


• Angry and frustrated


• Shy - Around The people, they do not know how to react, because they cannot understand everything they say.


• Quiet and withdrawn at school


• Exhaustion


• Misbehaved - Often behavior problem gives result frustration because they are not able to hear correctly

Treatment of Hearing Loss

Vary causes of hearing the loss in the ear, it is important to contact your doctor. They will be able to determine the cause as well as provide feedback as to the proper treatment methods. If in the ear is inflamed, steroids take down the swelling, and foreign objects like excess earwax can be properly removed.

Antibiotics help for infections, and surgery is usually an option for tumors or another various ear illness. When the illness is not curable and only treatable, hearing aids may be the best option to regain what was lost. If the loss is only in one ear, wearing only one hearing aid, it can be balanced hearing issues.

If you have any hearing loss, contact with your doctor right away so your problem does not get any worse. Hearing loss on one side is better than on both!

Prevention

Here some hearing loss prevention of step by step here discussed, you can take to help from here for your hearing loss prevent noise and avoid worsening of age-related hearing loss:

• Protect your ears in the workplace. Specially designed for your ear that resembles earphones can protect your ears by bringing loud sounds down to an acceptable level.


• If you have a hearing problem. Consider regular hearing tests if you work in a noisy place. Regular testing of your hearing can help and provide early detection of hearing loss. Knowing you have lost some hearing means you are in a position to take steps to prevent further hearing loss.


• Avoid recreational risks. Some activities, like riding a snowmobile, listening to rock concerts for long periods of time, can damage your hearing. Wearing properly hearing protectors or taking breaks from the noisy place during loud recreational activities. It may be protecting your ears from hearing loss. Turning down the volume when listening to music.