Prevent Hearing Loss by Being Aware About It- Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments

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Prevent Hearing Loss by Being Aware About It-
Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
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What is Hearing Loss?

• Hearing loss is a situation when your ability
  to hear sound gets completely or partially stops.
  In could happen in one ear or both of the ears.
  Hearing loss takes time, but sometimes it can
  happen suddenly. It mostly affects the aged
  people, as 25 between the ages of 65-75
  experience partial to complete hearing loss. But
  it can happen to the adults as well and even the
  infants too.

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• Our Ear Consists of Three Major Parts
• Outer ear
• Middle ear
• Inner ear
• This is how we can hear a sound
• The sound waves pass through our outer ear to the
  eardrums. Eardrum is a very thin layer of skin.
  It connects the outer ear with the middle ear.
• The middle ear has three bones ossicles, anvil,
  and stirrup. The vibrations pass through these
  bones to the inner ear.
• From the inner ear, it reaches to our brain
  cells, which let us hear the sounds

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• If any part of this series gets damaged or
  infected or somehow disables, you will suffer
  from hearing loss. There are multiple causes of
  hearing loss, like
• Infections
• Allergies
• Scarlet fever
• Meningitis
• Swimmers ear, where the water remains inside the
  ear to create a moist environment, perfect for
  breeding harmful bacteria.
• Tumor
• Scar
• Accidents that affects our ear with sudden noises
• Staying or working in a place with too much noise

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• There are some other factors of hearing loss as
  well, such as
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• Birth defects
• Aging
• If hearing cells gets defected by getting hard
  hits on your head or skull

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Symptoms of Hearing Loss

• Hearing loss can happen suddenly or in time.
  There are a few symptoms, which you should
  consider or be aware of and contact with
  a hearing specialist Singapore immediately.
• If you feel that you are losing your ability of
  hearing day by day
• Sudden hear loss
• Having acute pain in the ear
• Problem in hearing properly

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Treatments for Hearing Loss

• When you will go to the doctor, they will
  diagnose you with the latest equipment. You will
  receive different forms of treatment for
  different issues. For example, if its an
  infection, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics.
  If that doesnt help, they will refer to an ENT
  specialist. If your child is suffering from such
  problems, then you must visit a baby ENT
  specialist as soon as possible.
• Hearing loss can make a negative impact on
  peoples life. You may have difficulty in
  understanding others. In time, it could lead to
  anxiety and stress. But, now medical has
  progressed a lot and still progressing. So, there
  is a good possibility that you get your proper
  hearing abilities back after treatment.

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Is It Possible to Prevent Hearing Loss?

• It would be lying to say that all kinds of
  hearing problems are curable. Sometimes it
  happens due to our nervous system or most
  commonly happen due to age. But, that doesnt
  mean, you have to lose hope. You can prevent
  hearing loss by taking cautious steps.
• If you work in a factory, where you have to deal
  with loud noises, you must protect your ear with
  earplugs.
• Whenever you go for swimming or loud music
  events, you could use earplugs too. If you are
  noticing a few of the hearing loss symptoms, it
  would be better to consult a doctor first before
  going for such things.

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• If you are having ear pain or infection or
  liquids are coming out of your ear, seek medical
  help as soon as possible.
• Try not exposing your ear to loud noises.
• When using an earphone, keep the volume at a
  moderate mode as it affects directly the thin
  layers of our ear.

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Contact Us

• Centre for Ear Nose Throat Allergy Snoring
• 3 Mount Elizabeth, 16-11Mount Elizabeth Medical
  Centre
• Singapore 228510
• Tel [phone]
• After Hours 65 9827 7186
• Fax [phone]
• Website https//www.entdoctor.com.sg/

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