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National Health Interview Survey, series 10, number 188.
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Facts about hearing impairment Hearing impairment is one of the world’s most common impairments. Approximately 500 million people worldwide are suffering from hearing loss. The hearing impaired patients two main causes of hearing loss are ageing and excessive noise, but many diseases may also result in hearing loss. Hearing loss cannot normally be cured, nor will hearing aids restore your patient’s hearing. But hearing aids hearing impaired patients do help - and can help most of your patients to hear almost normally. On these pages you can read about the different types of hearing loss and find information about tinnitus, which has become a very hearing impaired patients common hearing impairment. You can also find information about hearing aids and other technical aids for hearing-impaired people including information about the problems a person will experience as a consequence of suffering hearing impaired patients from hearing impairment. Finally, you can read about the technicalities of sound and how the ear actually works. Causes of hearing loss One of the major causes of hearing loss is ageing. We all lose our hearing sooner or hearing impaired patients later. 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 [Email: info@medical.hear-it.org] |