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There are things that we do not think. Oh, that's that, and we always hear, it seems to us

The experts do not share this logic. Rumor - quite subtly arranged mechanism, responsive to all, sometimes the slightest changes in the body or outside influence. The most common causes of hearing loss include:

Years

Today in Russia, more than 13 million people suffer from hearing impairment. Of these, more than 1 million - are children. There are many reasons: prematurity, birth trauma, infectious diseases of the future mother and the child, and so on. D. In this case, about 50% of all hearing disorders are hereditary.

Yet most impressive army of patients with hearing loss are older people. If 45 years hearing problems experienced 17% of the population after 65 - 35%. Age-related changes in auditory organ cover all its parts - the outer ear, ear canal, tympanic cavity, ear labyrinth. Auricle becomes thin, sagging, shrinking the auditory canal and the eardrum thickens, becomes cloudy. System bones of the middle ear becomes stiffness, the joints between the bones worse functioning. But the main cause of hearing loss in the elderly - a sound-change system, certain changes occur in the brain cortex.

Diseases

The most dangerous for the hearing system complications of acute otitis media, chronic suppurative otitis media. In this case, in the ear canal may be formed scars, which limit the mobility of the eardrum, the auditory ossicles, which leads to permanent hearing loss. Another very common cause of acquired hearing impairment - complications of infectious diseases: mumps, measles, scarlet fever, influenza. Even a simple cold can reduce the hearing at a time of 10-15 decibels. In addition to infectious disease can affect hearing loss rheumatoid arthritis, Meniere's disease, diabetes, atherosclerosis.

Trauma

These include and injury if misused cotton swabs for cleaning of accumulated ear wax, which may be accompanied by damage to the inner ear. Other causes of hearing loss include ingress of water into the ears of swimmers. Hearing loss in this disease is associated with the accumulation of large amounts of fluid behind the eardrum.

Ototoxic drugs

Adversely affect the ears (children and adults) receiving ototoxic antibiotics, loop diuretics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They need to take great care.

Source

Industry News

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