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Tags: health, wellness, hearing, hearing loss
 Hearing loss may not be as common as weight and acne problems, but they are as serious as blindness and heart ailments. Being able to hear clearly is very vital to us if we are to live life normally and enjoy it because it is one of the blessings of being human.
Remember that it is one of the five senses that we have. Without it, we will not be able to communicate effectively with others. It is also difficult to balance our body when we have this problem. Aside from these, we are also more prone to accidents for we might not be able to hear warnings, not to mention the embarrassment it can cause.
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To younger people, this may not be a common problem as compared with older ones, especially those aging 60 and above. But don’t you know that quite a number of children even babies already have hearing problems? Yes! This problem is not only confined to a particular age group. This being so, what then are the causes of hearing loss and how are we going to prevent it.
According to medical researchers, there are two major types of causes of hearing loss, sensorineural and conductive. The first type happens when the nerves within our ear are damaged. This damage is often called nerve deafness. Inside that part of our inner ear called cochlea are hair cells. These hair cells pass information on sound impulses to our brain through the nerves called auditory nerves.
If these nerves are damaged, the transfer of information from the hair cells to the brain are also impaired thereby causing this kind of hearing loss. This type is most common in the United Kingdom. An example of this is aging. It is commonly known that as we grow old, our body cells degenerates and results to many problems.
Our sense of hearing then deteriorates because of the loss of hair cells in our ear. Another example is the damage of our hair cells called acoustic trauma caused by very loud noises. This might become a common problem in this age especially to younger generations. As technology advances and gadgets like MP3’s become a fad, people get used to listen to music through earphones.
This damages our hair cells because unconsciously we are listening to very loud music. We should also be careful when we are cleaning our ears for infections can cause this kind of problem too. It is not also uncommon for us to have hearing difficulties caused by obstructions inside our ears like infections, glue ear, insects, and ear wax build up.
This is the second type of hearing loss. It is called conductive hearing loss. While this problem is so serious, it can be prevented and cured. There are many ways to prevent it, and there are also remedies available to restore the function of our ears if the problem has already set in.
If it can no longer be treated, there are many gadgets like hearing aid to help us. But no matter what, prevention is always better than cure. So take good care of your ear while you can still hear and avoid the problems caused by hearing loss.
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About the author
The author of this article Rose Windale is a Health and Wellness Coach who has been successful with several natural health programs for many years. Rose recently published a step-by-step guide on how to lose weight the EASY way and become totally healthy and happy. More info on her life-changing eating habits plan HERE.
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