Ears & Hearing Care

Hearing Evaluation & Testing

Ears & Hearing Care

Hearing Evaluation & Testing

Hearing Evaluation & Testing

Hearing loss affects approximately 17 in 1,000 children under age 18.

 

Primary Causes of Hearing Loss
  • 1

    Excessive noise (i.e., construction, rock music, gunshot, etc.)

  • 2

    Aging (presbycusis)

  • 3

    Infections (otitis media)

  • 4

    Injury to the head or ear

  • 5

    Birth defects or genetics

  • 6

    Ototoxic reaction to drugs or cancer treatment (i.e., antibiotics, chemotherapy, radiation)

What Are Some Symptoms Of Hearing Loss?
  • 1

    Frequently asking others to repeat themselves

  • 2

    Often avoiding social situations

  • 3

    Difficulty understanding speech in noisy situations

  • 4

    Feel that people are mumbling when they speak to you

  • 5

    Turning the television volume up so loud that others complain

  • 6

    Often misunderstanding conversations

  • 7

    Having to look at the speaker’s face carefully to follow the conversation

  • 8

    Difficulty hearing in church or an auditorium

  • 9

    Ringing in the ear(s)

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