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Age-Related Hearing Loss – Causes and Evaluation

Causes and Evaluation of Age-Related Hearing Loss - What causes an Age-Related Hearing Loss? What are the most common causes of Age-Related Hearing Loss? What are the practice parameters for the evaluation of Age-Related Hearing Loss?

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<p><strong>Causes and Evaluation of Age-Related Hearing Loss<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New York &lpar;USA&rpar;&comma; November 22&comma; 2014<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What causes an Age-Related Hearing Loss&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What are the most common causes of Age-Related Hearing Loss&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>How is an Age-Related Hearing Loss usually evaluated&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What are the practice parameters for the evaluation of Age-Related Hearing Loss&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What are the practice guidelines for the evaluation of Age-Related Hearing Loss clinically&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What issues are most important in the initial evaluation Age-Related Hearing Loss&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Learn more about the causes and evaluation of Age-Related Hearing Loss&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Age-Related Hearing Loss &&num;8211&semi; Causes and Evaluation<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Age-related hearing loss is due to various causes&period; These include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Changes in Inner Ear&colon;<&sol;strong> Inner ear consists of a small snail-shaped structure&comma; cochlea&period; Numerous tiny hairs are attached to cochlea&period; These translate sound vibrations into electrical signals&period; These signals are transmitted to your brain&period; With age&comma; nerve cells or hairs in cochlea are damaged or are reduced in number&period; Electrical signals are not transmitted properly&period; These hairs do not regrow and hearing loss occurs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Heredity&colon;<&sol;strong> Hereditary factors and genes affect aging of cochlea and thereby affect your hearing abilities&period; If there is a familial history of hearing loss&comma; you will also suffer from age-related hearing loss when you age&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Noises&colon;<&sol;strong> Loud blasts&comma; loud and reverberating music as in rock concerts&comma; listening to music through headphones&comma; or sudden changes in pressure may rupture tympanic membrane perforation within your ear&period; This leads to age-related hearing loss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Smoking&colon;<&sol;strong> Smoking causes various changes in blood vessels within your ear&period; This gradually leads to hearing loss as you age&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Diabetes&colon;<&sol;strong> It causes vasculitis &lpar;inflammation of a blood vessel&rpar; and endothelial proliferation in blood vessels of cochlea&period; Blood supply is reduced and hearing loss occurs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Hypertension&colon;<&sol;strong> This reduces blood supply to cochlea thereby progressing into age-related hearing loss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Ototoxic Drugs&colon;<&sol;strong> Drugs like aspirin hasten age-related hearing loss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Dietary Habits&colon;<&sol;strong> Excessive intake of saturated fat accelerates various changes leading to hearing loss as you age&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theteamwork&period;com&sol;health&sol;2016-150400-age-related-hearing-loss-definition-diagnosis&period;html"><strong><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; 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