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What is Sensorineural Hearing Loss?
Wednesday, March 21st 2012
Sensorineural hearing loss affects the cochlea or the hearing nerve. It has many causes, but typically hearing aids are the only treatment option.
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What are the different types of hearing loss and hearing loss treatments for each/
Tuesday, June 22nd 2010
The most common type of hearing loss is sensorineural, and determining the hearing loss type is critical to finding the right treatment.
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What is conductive hearing loss?
Monday, June 15th 2009
Conductive hearing loss can occur when there is a problem in the outer ear or middle ear. Sometimes, conductive hearing loss can be treated with medication or surgery.
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How do I know if I have hearing loss?
Monday, October 13th 2008
Hearing loss occurs to most people as they age. Hearing loss can be due to aging, exposure to loud noise, medications, infections, head or ear trauma, congenital or hereditary factors, disease processes and other causes.
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What is a Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)?
Monday, October 13th 2008
Auditory Processing (also called Central Auditory Processing) refers to the means by which we make sense of what we hear. "Auditory Processing Disorders" refers to a...
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Mild Hearing Loss and Academic Delays
Monday, September 22nd 2003
My 8 year-year-old daughter has had a struggle understanding her teachers at school. But when the school nurse tested her hearing she said she only had a mild loss, nothing to worry about. What should we do from here?
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APD and Dyslexia
Monday, July 14th 2003
My son was just recently tested for APD. He will be 7 in May so his age for the test was 6.5. My question does a child with APD also have Dyslexia? He has had a history of cronic ear infection since he was 3 months old. He has had 4 sets of tubes in the r
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Asymmetric Normal Hearing
Monday, September 9th 2002
My 9 yr old has a 12-decibel loss in one ear and a 6 dB loss in the other. Military medical will not treat this but it is causing him trouble at school. They will not treat him until he is at a 15 loss. Is this reasonable? I have difficulty accepting that
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