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What causes Hearing Loss?
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Hearing Loss |
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Some people are born with hearing loss and then there are people who have suffered hearing loss in later years. There are many reasons why a hearing loss will occur. Hearing loss can happen at any age. But there is hope, there are many options for hearing impaired people. There are studies being done on sudden hearing loss and hearing loss that slowly happens overtime.
There are many ways to experience hearing loss. One occurrence that can happen is from what’s called Acoustic trauma, this happens when a loud sound such as an extremely loud explosion, a gunshot or more commonly a firecracker that is held too close to the ear or goes off prematurely. The structure of the ear gets damaged and sometimes it is a temporary hearing loss and a lot of times it can be permanent.
Another type of hearing loss is called Noise induced loss, this happens when you are exposed to loud sounds for a long period of time. An example of this would be, if you are working at a construction site and you are constantly surrounded by loud engineering noises and equipment, over the course of time, you might end up with gradual hearing loss. It doesn’t have to happen all at once for you to lose your hearing.
There are also temporary bouts of hearing loss, this usually happens through sickness such as pneumonia, or like when you attend a concert and you sit too close to the band and you lose your hearing for a while until your ear heals. That is the temporary hearing loss and should not experience any long tern effects. If you experience any type of hearing loss report it to your doctor, make sure there is no other damage.
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