August 4, 2007

Prevention of Loss of Hearing in Children, Young Adults and Older People

One of the painless, odorless, tasteless and invisible diseases is loss of hearing. Even though it is painless, it affects the person mentally and psychologically. Loss of hearing is commonly divided in to three types - conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss and mixed hearing loss. Each of the hearing types has its own degrees of loss. They are categorized as mild loss, moderate loss, severe loss and profound loss.The prevention steps of hearing loss are different for the different ages of people. This article gives some tips to prevent loss of hearing in children, young adults and older people.Prevention of Loss of Hearing in ChildrenSome of the causes of loss of hearing in children are premature birth, the presence of a child in a neonatal intensive care unit, presence of high bilirubin during a blood transfusion, hereditary, complications at birth, and frequent ear infections. Nowadays, in the modern lifestyle community, more babies are born with hearing problems. It is difficult even for the mother to discover if their baby has ear problems. Untreated ear problems may even lead to life-long deafness. So it is very important for babies to have an ear screening test at birth. Most of the […]

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