Causes of Hearing Loss

Age 

Hearing loss is the natural phenomenon when people become aged. People’s ability to hear starts worsening from 30s and 40s and when they reach our 80s, most of them suffer from hearing loss. 

Noise 

We may experience sounds of traffic, TV, radios etc in our day to day lives. But all these are at a safe level not damaging the hearing. They are under 85 decibles. When the sound is more than this level is causes noise and that hampers our hearing. Noisy motors, loud music at night clubs, discos and night clubs cause hearing problem in the future. The increasing use of portable MP3 players is even causing hearing damages. These devices can deliver high sound levels and so the user in order to enjoy music to the utmost level exposes their ears to excessively high dB levels. 

Smoking

Recent studies have shown that if you quit smoking or reduce it and avoid passive exposure to smoking, you may reduce the risk of hearing loss. Presently, smokers have more than fifteen percent of hearing loss than non-smokers. However, it has also been found that passive smoking has increased the likelihood of hearing loss by twenty-eight percent. 

Other hearing loss causes include:

·         too much of ear wax

·         build-up of fluid in ear

·         an infection in the ear

·         an inflammation of brain

·         stroke where the supply of blood to brain is interrupted

·         meningitis

Hearing loss can be temporary or permanent. For example, if it’s because of too much of ear wax that you are unable to hear properly, you can ask an ENT specialist to treat it and get it removed as soon as possible. But if it is because of exposure to loud noise, then hearing aids may only be the solution. But before buying one for your need, consult one of the reputed audiologists in Bulleen, let him or her examine you and conduct a hearing test. Your audiologist will be the best person to suggest you what to do in case of hearing loss.