Ear Care: All You Need to Know About Hearing Loss

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Ear CareAll You Need to Know About Hearing Loss
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• Who doesnt like music? Listening to music takes
  away most of your stress and kind of makes you
  feel good, reinstated. But, your music can be too
  horrifying for your ears if its too loud and for
  too long.
• Yes, too much exposure to loud music or noise
  holds the risk of damaging your hearing. Here,
  take a look at some common causes of hearing loss.

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What Can Cause Hearing Damage or Loss?

• Noise One of the most common factors that lead
  to hearing loss is noise. Excessive noise
  exposure may not only increase the risk of
  damaging your hearing but can actually damage
  delicate hair cells in the inner ear giving you
  permanent hearing loss and tinnitus (head
  noises).
• Injury or Trauma Head injuries, skull fractures
  or injuries to the ear are another common cause
  that can deteriorate the function of the ear and
  lead to a sudden hearing loss.
• Disease In addition, an infection of the middle
  year, called otitis media or a middle ear
  infection, otitis external and some other
  diseases, like Menieres disease, mumps, rubella,
  measles, and meningitis may have a negative
  impact on your hearing ability.
• Moreover, some other conditions including
  malformation of the inner ear, aging, consumption
  of drugs and exposure to industrial chemicals may
  cause hearing loss.

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What Can Cause Hearing Damage or Loss?

• Hearing impairment or problem may develop slowly
  without any symptoms and often cant be treated.
  However, you can prevent the permanent loss of
  hearing by considering the following aspects.
• Beware of sources of hazardous noises around you
  and your home, like fire crackers, music concerts
  and sporting events.
• If you work in a noisy environment, like
  transportation, construction, factories or any
  heavy industry use hearing protectors, like
  earplugs or earmuffs.
• On experiencing unusual symptom, such as
  tinnitus, immediately talk to your doctor about
  the same concern. In addition, there are several
  medical companies that provide free hearing tests
  or screening that you may attend to determine
  whether you have normal hearing or impaired
  hearing.

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Contact Us

• Visit http//www.hassa.com.au/
• Email reception_at_hassa.com.au
• Contact No. 08 8362 6099
• Address 6 Grenfell Street, Kent Town, S.A. 5067