EX: Aspirin causes a roaring sign in ears ;causes tinnitus .
Which is most prevalent risk factor for impaired hearing ? - answer✔exposure to noise
Types of hearing loss - answer✔conductive, sensorineural, mixed
Conductive hearing loss - answer✔- hearing impairment caused by interference with sound or
vibratory energy in the external canal, middle ear, or ossicles
- EX: Impacted Cerumen/ear wax
- hearing loss in which you cannot hear at low volume
sensorineural hearing loss - answer✔- hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea's receptor
cells or to the auditory nerves; also called nerve deafness
- there has been aging decline in inner ear and/ or noise induced, HIGH PITCH SOUNDS
mixed hearing loss - answer✔combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss
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