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 Types of Hearing Loss


Conductive Hearing Loss is caused when sound is blocked in the outer or middle ear.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss occours when the sensory hair cells in the cochlea of the inner ear are damaged and cannot send complete signals to the brain.
     
Common Causes:   Common Causes:
  • excessive earwax
  • damaged eardrum
  • ear infection or fluid in the middle ear
  • stiffness in the bones of the middle ear (otosclerosis)

Most often a conductive hearing loss can be medically treated with high success and hearing aids are often very helpful in situation where the condition cannot be treated medically.

 
  • aging
  • noise exposure
  • hereditary factors
  • oto-toxic medication


This type of hearing loss cannot be corrected with medicine or surgery and hearing aids can be very helpful.


Hearing loss demo

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