Long term exposure to environmental noise, genetic factors, disease processes affecting the ear, medication and physical trauma can all lead to hearing loss.
Long term exposure to environmental noise - people living near airports or freeways are exposed to levels of noise that can, over time, lead to degraded hearing. So can using an iPod, more ...
Genetic - Hearing loss can be inherited from your parents, more...
Disease or illness - there are many diseases and illnesses that can lead to hearing loss, more ...
Medications - some can cause irreversible damage to the ear, more ...
Physical trauma- There can be damage either to the ear itself or to the brain centers that process the aural information conveyed by the ears.
- People who sustain head injury are especially vulnerable to hearing loss or tinnitus, either temporary or permanent.
- Exposure to very loud noise (90 dB or more, such as jet engines at close range) can cause progressive hearing loss. Exposure to a single event of extremely loud noise (such as explosions) can also cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
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