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The chief symptom is an inability to hear sound. For some, hearing may be possible with surgery or a hearing device. Lip-reading skills, written or printed text and sign language may help with communication. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Common Causes of Hearing Loss


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Common Causes of Hearing Loss
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About Deafness
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  • Deafness is usually the result of inner ear or
    nerve damage. It may be caused by a congenital
    defect, injury, disease, certain medication,
    exposure to loud noise or age-related wear and
    tear.
  • The chief symptom is an inability to hear sound.
    For some, hearing may be possible with surgery or
    a hearing device. Lip-reading skills, written or
    printed text and sign language may help with
    communication.

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3 Most Common Causes of Hearing Loss
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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  • Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common
    form of hearing loss. It occurs when the inner
    ear, auditory nerve, or auditory structures in
    the brain are damaged. According to a 2017
    article published in Gene Review, hearing loss,
    which occurs in early childhood, before a baby
    can speak, is sensorineural and usually genetic.
  • Genetics, noise exposure, and more can also cause
    sensorineural hearing loss. Sensorineural hearing
    loss (SNHL) is the most common form of permanent
    hearing loss. SNHL results from damage to hair
    cells in the inner ear or the nerve pathways
    between the inner ear and the brain.

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Conductive Hearing Loss
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  • conductive hearing loss happens when sounds
    cannot get through the outer and middle ear. It
    may be hard to hear soft sounds. Louder sounds
    may be muffled. Medicine or surgery can often fix
    this type of hearing loss.
  • Types of conductive hearing loss include
  • Otosclerosis This causes bone from the cochlea
    to grow onto the stapes bone in the middle ear,
    making it more difficult to hear.
  • Cholesteatoma This happens when tissue grows in
    the ear that shouldnt be there. Sometimes it is
    present at birth. It can also appear following a
    chronic middle ear infection or due to a hole in
    the eardrum.

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Mixed Hearing Loss
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  • Mixed hearing loss is a combination of conductive
    and sensorineural hearing loss. In this type of
    hearing loss, physical damage or blockage to the
    ear exacerbates genetic or age-related hearing
    loss. According to the American
    Speech-Language-Hearing Association, an example
    of combined hearing loss is hearing loss because
    you avoid loud sounds and have fluid in your
    middle ear. The two together can make your
    hearing worse than if you had just one problem.
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