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Hearing loss can happen suddenly or in time. There are a few symptoms, which you should consider or be aware of and contact with a hearing specialist Singapore immediately.
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Prevent Hearing Loss by Being Aware About It- Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
What is Hearing Loss? Hearing loss is a situation when your ability to hear sound gets completely or partially stops. In could happen in one ear or both of the ears. Hearing loss takes time, but sometimes it can happen suddenly. It mostly affects the aged people, as 25% between the ages of 65-75 experience partial to complete hearing loss. But it can happen to the adults as well and even the infants too.
Our Ear Consists of Three Major Parts • Outer ear • Middle ear • Inner ear • This is how we can hear a sound • The sound waves pass through our outer ear to the eardrums. Eardrum is a very thin layer of skin. It connects the outer ear with the middle ear. • The middle ear has three bones; ossicles, anvil, and stirrup. The vibrations pass through these bones to the inner ear. • From the inner ear, it reaches to our brain cells, which let us hear the sounds
If any part of this series gets damaged or infected or somehow disables, you will suffer from hearing loss. There are multiple causes of hearing loss, like • Infections • Allergies • Scarlet fever • Meningitis • Swimmer’s ear, where the water remains inside the ear to create a moist environment, perfect for breeding harmful bacteria. • Tumor • Scar • Accidents that affects our ear with sudden noises • Staying or working in a place with too much noise
There are some other factors of hearing loss as well, such as • Birth defects • Aging • If hearing cells gets defected by getting hard hits on your head or skull
Symptoms of Hearing Loss Hearing loss can happen suddenly or in time. There are a few symptoms, which you should consider or be aware of and contact with ahearing specialist Singapore immediately. • If you feel that you are losing your ability of hearing day by day • Sudden hear loss • Having acute pain in the ear • Problem in hearing properly
Treatments for Hearing Loss • When you will go to the doctor, they will diagnose you with the latest equipment. You will receive different forms of treatment for different issues. For example, if it’s an infection, the doctor may prescribe antibiotics. If that doesn’t help, they will refer to an ENT specialist. If your child is suffering from such problems, then you must visit a baby ENT specialist as soon as possible. • Hearing loss can make a negative impact on people’s life. You may have difficulty in understanding others. In time, it could lead to anxiety and stress. But, now medical has progressed a lot and still progressing. So, there is a good possibility that you get your proper hearing abilities back after treatment.
Is It Possible to Prevent Hearing Loss? It would be lying to say that all kinds of hearing problems are curable. Sometimes it happens due to our nervous system or most commonly happen due to age. But, that doesn’t mean, you have to lose hope. You can prevent hearing loss by taking cautious steps. • If you work in a factory, where you have to deal with loud noises, you must protect your ear with earplugs. • Whenever you go for swimming or loud music events, you could use earplugs too. If you are noticing a few of the hearing loss symptoms, it would be better to consult a doctor first before going for such things.
If you are having ear pain or infection or liquids are coming out of your ear, seek medical help as soon as possible. • Try not exposing your ear to loud noises. • When using an earphone, keep the volume at a moderate mode as it affects directly the thin layers of our ear.
Contact Us Centre for Ear Nose Throat Allergy & Snoring 3 Mount Elizabeth, #16-11Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Singapore 228510 Tel: +65 6586 0988 After Hours: +65 9827 7186 Fax: + 65 6491 1248 Website: https://www.entdoctor.com.sg/
