HEARING LOSS

TYPES OF HEARING LOSS

• Categorized by the part of the auditory system that is damaged
• Three basic types
• Conductive hearing loss
• Sensorineural hearing loss
• Mixed hearing loss

CAUSES OF HEARING LOSS

• Hearing loss at birth (Called Congenital hearing loss)
• Hearing loss after birth (Called Acquired hearing loss)
• Ear infections
• Noise
• toxic Medications (Symptoms of medications)

HEARING LOSS IN CHILDREN

• Children who have hearing problems have trouble understanding:
• Vocabulary, Grammar, Word Order, Idiomatic expressions (etc.)
• 8% of people with hearing problems are under 18

HEARING LOSS IN ADULTS

• Hearing losses adults greatly handicaps:
• Education, Employment,the well being of Americans (etc.)
• Over the past thirty years the number of people with hearing loss has doubled
• Noise exposure has long been known to be a risk factor for loss of hearing
• More than 30 million Americans are exposed to hazardous sounds levels on a regular basis