Hearing Loss
... Along with arthritis, hypertension and heart disease, hearing loss is one of the most common physical disorders in the United States. It is second only to lower back pain as the most common physical d...

Hearing Loss: An Overview
... Hearing Loss How do we hear? The outer ear collects and directs sound into the ear canal. The sound causes the eardrum to vibrate and these vibrations are sent to the middle ear. The middle ear is an ...

New Treatment Strategies for Profound Deaftness
... OverviewDeafness continues to be a major health problem in the United States and throughout the world. As we continue to be exposed to excessive loud noise in our every day lives, we increase our risk...

Do I Need Hearing Aids?
... What are the signs that I might be losing my hearing? You might notice a number of early warning signs and changes in your behavior that might be related to hearing loss. You might begin to: Complain ...

Hearing Loss in Adults and Children
... Hearing loss is one of the most common non life-threatening medical problems that people experience. Hearing loss is not unique to elderly people as it also can affect children. Hearing loss in childr...

Hearing Loss: What You Need to Know
... About hearing loss Between 25 and 28 million people in America have some degree of hearing loss. That is about one in every ten people. Approximately one million of these people are school-aged childr...

What is Presbycusis?
... What is presbycusis? Presbycusis is the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow older. Hearing loss is a common disorder associated with aging. About 30-35 percent of a...

Silence Isn''t Always Golden
... Infants and young children with hearing problems can have difficulty developing speech and language. Some babies are born with hearing problems. Other children are born with normal hearing and begin t...

Overview
... The gradual hearing loss that occurs as you age (presbycusis) is a common condition. An estimated one-third of Americans older than age 60 and one-half of those older than age 85 have some degree of h...

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type I Information Page
... Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I, also known as herpes zoster oticus, is a common complication of shingles. Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the virus that causes chi...

Presbycusis
... Presbycusis is the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow older. Hearing loss is a common disorder associated with aging. About 30-35 percent of adults between the ages...

Otosclerosis
... Otosclerosis is the abnormal growth of bone of the middle ear. This bone prevents structures within the ear from working properly and causes hearing loss. For some people with otosclerosis, the hearin...

Usher Syndrome
... Usher syndrome is the most common condition that involves both hearing and vision problems. A syndrome is a disease or disorder that has more than one feature or symptom. The major symptoms of Usher s...

Waardenburg Syndrome
... Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is an inherited disorder often characterized by varying degrees of hearing loss and changes in skin and hair pigmentation. The syndrome got its name from a Dutch eye doctor n...

Otitis Media (Ear Infection)
... Otitis media is an infection or inflammation of the middle ear. This inflammation often begins when infections that cause sore throats, colds, or other respiratory or breathing problems spread to the ...

Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers
... Captions are words displayed on a television screen that describe the audio or sound portion of a program. Captions allow viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing to follow the dialogue and the action ...

Cochlear Implants
... A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The implant is surgically placed unde...

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Ten Ways To Recognize Hearing Loss
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