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Causes of Hearing Loss
Causes of Hearing Loss

Causes of Hearing Loss

What sort of things can reduce our sense of hearing?

Here we take a look at some of the most common causes of hearing loss, on the basis that if we can understand the causes, we can find the best way to overcome them. Read on…

In this article you'll discover:

  • How some hearing losses can be prevented
  • How some hearing losses can be cured
  • How some hearing losses are permanent

Problems in the outer ear that can cause hearing loss

In this article you'll discover:

  • Surfers beware!
  • Why insects don't like crawling into ears
  • Why cotton buds don't help your ears

ear-middle

In this article you'll discover:

  • How perforated eardrums often repair themselves
  • The normal cause of earache in children
  • Why we'd miss the tiniest bones in our body

ear-inner

In this article you'll discover:

  • When it's more normal to have a hearing loss than not to have one
  • Why a hearing loss sometimes means you hear too well
  • Why prevention is better than cure

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When you speak to one person, do you ask them to repeat?

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