What Is Hearing Loss?

Hearing Loss Of Person

It is true that the ear is very complicate organ, responsible for perceiving the sound and maintaining poise. Hearing depends on two kinds of tools, one is for conducting sound and the other for perception of sound. So, there are two sorts of hearing loss. One is conductive and another is sensorineural, besides the combination of both is called mixed hearing loss. According to the nature, there are two different forms of loss of hearing, one is sudden and the other is evolving, both impacts the cochlea

Sudden hearing loss takes place snappily without any premonition that generally affects one ear. Sudden hearing barrier refers to the symptom of dizziness and buzzing & whistling sound in one or the both of ears, besides a number of other symptoms like trauma, medicine complication, viral infection and so on.

Whereas, evolving or progressive hearing loss impacts both ears and develops in tandem with age, that is generally found in elderly people, because of degradation of the cells of internal apparatus of ears, triggered by the advancement of age. There are also some pathological conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, and etc, in addition to other factors such as hereditary, high exposure to noise and many others.

On time consultation with specialized doctors and treatment may help the patients overcome the problem of sudden loss and stave off the permanent one. The earlier seeking medical attention the higher the chance to cure.