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HEARING LOSS - Levels, Signs, Types and Reasons
The severity of your hearing level and its equivalent real-life indicators
0-20dB : Normal hearing
No difficulties in perceiving sounds and speech
Hidden hearing loss
Normal hearing but with a difficulty in comprehending speech, particularly in noisy surroundings and etc
21-40dB : Mild hearing loss
Difficulty in hearing soft spoken and/or distant speech
Difficulty keeping up with conversations, especially in noisy surroundings
41-70dB : Moderate hearing loss
Require people to repeat themselves a lot during conversations either in person or in the telephone
71-90dB : Severe hearing loss
Normal conversations are not audible
Able to hear when speech is made up louder through shouting, turning up volume (TV, radio and phone)
and through conversation at a very close distance
90dB < : Profound hearing loss
Could not detect even the loudest sounds made
Rely mostly on lip-reading, and/or sign language
The reason of your hearing problem based on its type
Conductive hearing loss :
There is a problem with the outer/middle ear that interferes the process of passing sound to the inner ear
Outer ear problems - earwax, outer ear infection, presence foreign body, deformed pinna and/or ear canal etc.
Middle ear problems - perforated eardrum, deformed ossicles, poor Eustachian tube function, a fluid/pus build up or a bony in the middle ear, etc.
Sensorineural hearing loss :
There is damage to the cochlear's hair cells and/or the auditory nerve of the inner ear which interferes the process of passing sound to the brain
Inner ear damage - aging process, genetics, illnesses, drugs and medications that are toxic to the hearing, trauma to the head, exposure to very loud noise, structural malformation of the inner ear, etc
Mixed hearing loss :
A combination of conductive and sensorinerural hearing loss
(Central) Auditory Processing Disorder :
The problem does not lie in the outer, middle or inner ear but within the brain. The brain has problems in processing sounds in the normal way.
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Sign of hearing loss
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