Every person loses the capability of hearing at some point of time with age. It is a natural consequence of getting older.

Every person loses the capability of hearing at some point of time with age. It is a natural consequence of getting older. Hearing abilities worsens from the age of 30’s till an individual reach in 80’s. Other than ageing, most of the working age people are also suffering from hearing loss and other hearing diseases due to exposure of loud noises. Though, the world is noisy enough, people should avoid voluntary exposure to noise. To lead a healthy social life and communicate with other individuals, hearing is very important. An individual should care of the sensory organs to avoid humiliation and the feeling of inferiority complex.

Individuals especially youths should know the consequences and causes of hearing loss so that they purposely do not spoil their hearing capabilities. Exostosis is a term which is related to hearing loss and it occurs due to repeated exposure to cold wind and water that cause an abnormal growth of bone within the ear canal. Medical term for bone growth is Exostosis, but it is commonly known as surfer’s ear. This is mainly caused to people surfing in cold wind and water due to frequent exposure making the condition worsens for the surfers. No necessary only surfer’s may suffer from Exostosis (surfer`s ear), people who are into sports like skiing, fishing, sailing, kayaking, diving, etc can become the victim.

Other than age, another common factor that can lead to hearing loss is exposure to loud noise. World is full of noises. Noisy places that can be blamed to affect hearing capabilities of an individual are music concert, night clubs, discos, stereos, headphones, etc. The latest one is the increasing use of iPod player’s cause hearing damages. According to international scientists, our left brain is more active when we discriminate relevant sounds from background noises. Being hearing impaired patient, a night out or rock concert will be very painful or frustrating. These people fail to separate relevant sounds from background noises which points towards cocktail party effect.

People who lack the ability to hear properly can rely on hearing aid. This small machine can again bring you in a normal social life where the patient can hear to others and retort. Hearing aid can be costly for some. You will land up in trouble if your hearing aid broke down or lost. Have a hearing aid insurance that can replace you with the new one immediately. To calculate and understand how much can you hear can be done with the help of audiogram. The audiogram is a graph which provides a detailed description of your hearing ability.

Hearing loss can also occur due to disease, infections or drugs. It may be inherited or be a result of physical damage to the ears or serious injuries to the head. Living with hearing loss disorder is like a curse as people will no more be interested in speaking and repeating things many times. In this situation, loved ones also escape from the trauma of making a hearing deficient patient understand. Be wise and protect your hearing abilities for a bright social life.

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