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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Audiology. Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired...

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a type of hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the inner ear, sensory organ (cochlea and associated structures)...

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a hearing impairment resulting from exposure to loud sound. People may have a loss of perception of a narrow range...

Causes of hearing loss include ageing, genetics, perinatal problems, loud sounds, and diseases. For some kinds of hearing loss the cause may be classified...

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) have also been shown to be ototoxic. This can result in sensorineural hearing loss, dysequilibrium, or both....

known as well as the extent, type, and configuration of the hearing loss. Most hearing loss results from age and noise, is progressive, and irreversible...

swelling that can lead to hearing loss or changes in hearing perception. It is a form of endolymphatic hydrops and related to Ménière's disease. Cochlear...

that system. The most common causes are hearing damage, noise-induced hearing loss, or age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis. Other causes include...

measurements, hearing loss can be detected. There are several different types of hearing loss: conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss and mixed...

presbys "old" + ἄκουσις akousis "hearing"), or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing. It is a progressive and irreversible...

A hearing aid is a device designed to improve hearing by making sound audible to a person with hearing loss. Hearing aids are classified as medical devices...

FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017. It created a class of hearing aids regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) available directly to consumers...

potentially severe and incapacitating episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness in the ear. Typically, only one ear is affected...

which may lead to temporary or permanent hearing loss (cochleotoxic) and balancing problems (vestibulotoxic). Drugs or pharmaceutical agents inducing ototoxicity...

cells of the inner ear. Examples of the first include age-related hearing loss and hearing loss due to noise exposure. A patient born without external ear...

other drugs are sometimes considered drugs of last resort, such as cisapride. Aminoglycosides — their use is extremely restricted due to risk of hearing loss...

Presbycusis or age-related hearing loss Viral infections causing hearing loss Sudden deafness Ototoxicity or drug-induced hearing loss Temporal bone pathology Otitis...

Hirotsu C, Mazaro-Costa R, Costa JL, et al. (September 2011). "Sleep loss and acute drug abuse can induce DNA damage in multiple organs of mice". Human &...

by irregular input from the inner ear. This is mainly caused by hearing loss related damage in the inner ear. The mechanism behind hyperacusis is not...

syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder characterized by congenital hearing loss, vitiligo, low height, muscle degeneration and achalasia. It was first...