Deafness/Hearing Impairment and Remedial Alternatives?
Hearing problems can arise at birth, childhood, adult life and/or in older age groups. They may be hereditary (often reflected in the family history), a consequence of infection (eg Meningitis, Rubella, Mumps, Meniere’s disease), due to accumulated exposure to noise, deterioration due to aging, or some combination of these factors, and sometimes may have unknown causes. There are various medical categories of deafness or hearing impairment. The severity may range from mild hearing loss in one ear across part of the audio frequency range, to a total hearing loss in both ears. Other symptoms can precede or accompany hearing loss, such as balance problems and tinnitus head noises or ringing in the ears. There are a wide variety of hearing aids ranging from simple amplifiers to sophisticated devices with computer programs that help reduce the effect of background noise. There are also bone conduction types of hearing aids. The cochlear implant is one of several different solutions for diff
