Hearing Aid: The Factors That Lead to Auditory Loss

May 15
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2012

Aaliyah Arthur

Aaliyah Arthur

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It can be heartbreaking to learn that you are suffering from auditory loss and may need to wear a hearing aid or seek other treatment to cope with your disability. At the same time, it is often liberating to know there is something you can do to improve your quality of life!

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It can be heartbreaking to learn that you are suffering from auditory loss and may need to wear a hearing aid or seek other treatment to cope with your disability. At the same time,Hearing Aid: The Factors That Lead to Auditory Loss Articles it is often liberating to know there is something you can do to improve your quality of life. As you begin to consider what can be done to move forward, you'll probably be equally interested in looking back to determine what led to your situation. Here are some of the common factors that lead to auditory loss.

Age

Over time, the nerve cells in the inner ears (which perform much of the function of allowing you to hear) will naturally degrade. For some people, this process will happen relatively quickly and sharply. For others, it may happen very slowly. To be certain, there are people in their 70s and 80s with ears as sharp as the average 20 year old. However, suffice to say that they are the exception, rather than the rule.

Your Career

If you spent your career behind a desk, listening to nothing louder than the clack of a computer keyboard, you probably aren't experiencing auditory loss due to your choice of occupations. If you spent your money making years running a gun range, however, that could very well be the source of your problems. A gun range is an extreme example, of course. Any occupation that puts you in the way of harmful decibels on a regular basis can be to blame. Many construction workers, factory workers, and certainly those that work loud events such as rock concerts find themselves in need of a hearing aid later in life.

Recreation

Many people wind up needing a hearing aid entirely of their own doing. While regret is probably a wasted emotion, it's certainly worth knowing how your degradation occurred. And if it was due to excess noises (as it so often is), it could have been through you choice of recreational activities. Clearly, listening to music too loudly is one of the prime culprits and those rockers of the 60s, 70s, and 80s are just now realizing the damage that was done. Those from the 90s and the kids obsessed with their iPods today will apparently have to learn their own lessons. Of course, motorcycles, fireworks, and many other loud activities can all contribute to auditory loss.

Illness

As with age, there is little to be done about an illness that suddenly led to auditory loss. While rather uncommon, it can happen. This is why doctors warn that it is essential that you treat an ear infection in yourself or your children quickly, before permanent damage can set in.

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