| Causes of hearing loss:
One of the major causes of hearing loss is ageing. We will all lose our
hearing sooner or later, if we live long enough. Hearing loss is a natural consequence of
getting older. Our hearing ability worsens from our 30s or 40s and
onwards and when we reach our 80s, more than half of all people suffer
from significant hearing loss. Despite that, more half of all
hearing–impaired people are of working age (51.3%).
Another very common reason for hearing loss is exposure to noise. We
live in a noisy world. Noise may come from our work or from voluntary
exposure to noise, such as noisy motors or loud music at rock concerts,
night clubs, and from stereos especially loud "Boom - Boom"
cars. The use of headphones with walkman type personal stereos is a
serious concern.
Hearing loss may also occur as a result of disease, infections or drugs.
It may be inherited or be a result of physical damage to the ears or
serious injuries to the head.
Hearing loss can either be conductive or
sensori-neural. Some people
suffer from both, which is called mixed hearing loss.
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