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    Question ID:   11533         Current Version: 1
Question: What is hearing loss?
Category: Diseases & Conditions > Other
Keywords: hearing, loss
Type: what
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Having trouble hearing? Over 35 million children and adults in the United States have some degree of hearing loss. Hearing loss can have a negative effect on communication, relationships, school/work performance, and emotional well-being. However, hearing loss doesn't have to restrict your daily activities. Properly fitted hearing aids and aural rehabilitation techniques can help in many listening situations. Aural rehabilitation helps a person focus on adjusting to their hearing loss and the use of their hearing aids. It also explores assistive devices to help improve communication. Hearing aids for both ears are typically the norm for most hearing impaired people, but some may need only one hearing aid.

What are the signs and symptoms of hearing loss?

You may have a hearing loss if:

  • people say you are shouting when you talk to them
  • you need the TV or radio turned up louder than other people
  • you often ask people to repeat themselves because you can't hear or understand them, especially in groups or when there is background noise
  • you can hear better out of one ear than the other
  • you have to strain to hear
  • you can't hear a dripping faucet or a high pitched note of a violin
  • you think people 'mumble' when they speak

If you have any of these signs and symptoms, you should see your doctor or hearing healthcare professional to be tested for hearing loss.

What are the different types of hearing loss?

  • Sensorineural - a hearing loss that usually develops due to damage to the small sensory cells in the inner ear, called hair cells. This damage can occur as a result of disease, illness, age, injury from exposure to noise or certain medicines, or as the result of a genetic disorder.
  • Conductive - a hearing loss that occurs when sound waves cannot transmit through the outer or middle ear or both. This can, for example, be caused by earwax, fluid in the middle ear space, or a punctured eardrum. Medical or surgical treatment can often restore hearing in people with a conductive hearing loss.
  • Mixed - a combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss.

Only a relatively small portion of adult hearing problems, such as ear infection and middle ear diseases, are medically or surgically treatable. If the condition cannot be treated medically or surgically, hearing aids may be beneficial.

Source: FDA

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