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Prevention of Loss of Hearing in Children, Young Adults and Older People
One of the painless, odorless, tasteless and invisible
diseases is loss of hearing. Even though it is painless, it
affects the person mentally and psychologically. Loss of
hearing is commonly divided in to three types - conductive
hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss and mixed hearing
loss. Each of the hearing types has its own degrees of
loss. They are categorized as mild loss, moderate loss,
severe loss and profound loss.

The prevention steps of hearing loss are different for the
different ages of people. This article gives some tips to
prevent loss of hearing in children, young adults and older
people.

Prevention of Loss of Hearing in Children

Some of the causes of loss of hearing in children are
premature birth, the presence of a child in a neonatal
intensive care unit, presence of high bilirubin during a
blood transfusion, hereditary, complications at birth, and
frequent ear infections. Nowadays, in the modern lifestyle
community, more babies are born with hearing problems. It
is difficult even for the mother to discover if their baby
has ear problems. Untreated ear problems may even lead to
life-long deafness. So it is very important for babies to
have an ear screening test at birth. Most of the ear
problems start at the age of three for children, hence
regular ear checkups and screening tests are very important.

Generally, screening tests are done to almost all the new
born in hospital. Screening test detects the complications
in its initial stage thereby making the treatment easier
and successful.

Since the hearing problems can occur at any age, children
should be given a constant monitoring of their hearing
capacity. Usually, babies start playing with their own
voice and imitate simple words. If this action is absent or
minimal, then it should be considered serious. Thus to
summarize, constant monitoring on the children's hearing
capacity is the main preventative step taken to avoid
unnecessary loss of hearing.

Prevention of Loss of Hearing in the Young Adult

Many young adults are affected by noise-induced hearing
loss. This problem is mainly due to the loud, unwanted and
hazardous sound. Young adults should be aware of the
different causes of noise. Naturally there may be many
times when noise can not be avoided but learning to protect
one's ears is the best prevention. Wearing ear protection
like earplugs or earmuffs, covering the ears with hands,
staying away from the source of noise over which one has no
control, and enjoying music with less volume are some of
the preventative steps to avoid hearing loss. These steps
are mandatory for youth, if they want to lessen the risk of
hearing loss as they grow older.

Immunizations for measles and other diseases can also be a
cause for hearing problems in later periods of life.

Prevention of Loss of Hearing in Older People

Presbycusis and tinnitus are the common hearing problems
found in older people. People who are not able to hear
conversations or loud sounds are likely to have Presbycusis
caused by changes in their inner ear as they grow older.
Taking too much aspirin or certain antibiotics are the main
cause of tinnitus in the later years. Be aware of the
medicines and their side-effects before taking them. People
with nervous problems are also likely to have tinnitus.
Once the nervous problem is detected, make sure you have
regular ear checkups, so that it can be controlled or
treated in its initial stages.

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