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What is Hearing Loss?

Sense of hearing is an important link in the chain of effective communication and plays a significant role in our social and emotional well being. Hearing loss does not only mean the inability to hear loud enough, it may also mean a 'discimination loss'. Some hearing loss can be corrected through medical or surgical means however most are helped with properly selected Hearing Aids.

Causes of Hearing Impairment

The most common causes are:(a) Ageing (b) Bacterial or viral infection (c) Impacted cerumen or ear wax
Other Causes are:(a) Birth Defects (b) Hearing Injury (c) Heredity (d) Certain drugs (e) Tumors

TYPES OF HEARING LOSS

Conductive Hearing Loss which is a result of sounds being reduced on their way from the outer ear to the inner ear. Generally persons with conductive loss benefit from medicine or surgery. If surgery is not possible, Hearing Aids tend to benefit.

A Sensorineural Hearing Loss is caused by damaged sensory cell and nerve fibers of the inner ear contrary to conductive loss where damage occurs in the outer ear, ear canal or middle ear. This kind of loss cannot be treated by medicine or surgery and may benefit from hearing aids. Mixed Hearing Loss is one which contains elements from both the hearing loss referred above.