{"id":5361,"date":"2019-04-03T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ent.gr\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2019-09-25T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T10:05:49","slug":"causes-of-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/causes-of-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes of Hearing Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/causes-of-hearing-loss\/#Hearing_loss_is_defined_as_one_of_three_types\" >Hearing loss is defined as one of three types:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Hard of Hearing refers to someone who doesn&#8217;t hear well. This may be because they were born with a hearing loss or they may have lost some or all of their hearing later in life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Many hard of hearing people don&#8217;t know that they have a hearing loss. Some simply deny it, even though they may know that their hearing is diminished. In all, nearly 10% of all people have some level of hearing loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Like any medical condition, the sooner you address hearing loss the better. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Some common signs that you may have hearing loss are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">You have trouble hearing on the telephone.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">You have trouble following a conversation when people are talking at the same time. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">The family (or your neighbor!) complains that your TV is too loud. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">You\u2019re tired from straining to hear conversations. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">You have trouble hearing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/engineering\/noisy-environment\">noisy environments<\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">People don\u2019t seem to speak clearly.<\/span><\/span>\n<div style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8A%CE%B11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hearing Loss.ent\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8A%CE%B11-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"Hearing Loss.ent\" width=\"385\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hearing Loss<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">You have trouble hearing children and women.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hearing_loss_is_defined_as_one_of_three_types\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 18pt;\">Hearing loss is defined as one of three types:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Conductive (involves outer or middle ear)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Sensorineural (involves inner ear, the cochlea, the 8th cranial nerve)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Mixed (combination of the two)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Aging and chronic exposure to loud noises both contribute to hearing loss. Other factors, such as excessive earwax, can temporarily reduce how well your ears conduct sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">You can&#8217;t reverse most types of hearing loss. 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