1. What are the symptoms of hearing loss?
Symptoms in communication.
- You have difficulty in conversations with 2 or more people.
- You often ask others to repeat what they have said.
- You think that most people talk with low voice.
- You often give wrong answers to many questions.
Social symptoms.
- You tend to avoid social gatherings.
- You avoid conversations in noisy environments.
- You turn on the volume on TV more than most people can stand.
- Your working performance is reduced.
Emotional symptoms.
- You feel uncomfortable when you discuss with people in a noisy environment.
- You feel stressed when you can’t participate in a conversation.
- You are shy when you meet new people.
- You get angry with your company, demanding to talk to you more loudly and clearly.
- Your self-confidence has been significantly reduced.
2. What are the consequences in your health?
Hearing loss:
- causes irritability, negativity and rage.
- causes fatigue, tension, stress and depression.
- causes memory attenuation and disability to learn new things.
- causes dizziness, headache, increased blood pressure.
- may cause dementia and Alzheimer in the elderly.
3. What are the causes of hearing loss?
- Congenital.
- Age.
- Exposure to noise.
- Earwax (a substance in the ear).
- Diabetes.
- Cervical syndrome.
- Medication (more than 200 medicines have ototoxic action).
- Viral infections (parotitis, measles, rubella).
- Everyday pressure and stress.
- Sudden hearing drop syndrome (sudden hearing loss, more often at one of the two ears).
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