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“Hear everything and judge for yourself.”
- George Eliiot

Common Conditions

Causes of Hearing Loss in Adults

A number of other problems can cause hearing loss, particularly sensorineural hearing loss. Many of them are very common conditions that are not always associated with hearing loss.

Causes for Adults include:

Common Conditions of Hearing Loss in Adults
  • Problems With Blood Flow
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Thyroid Problems
  • Glaucoma
  • Fainting Disorders
  • Ototoxic Drugs
  • Exposure to Noise
  • Tumors
  • Trauma
  • The Aging Process
  • Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
  • Disease or Infection, including meningitis, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Arthritis, Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Sickle Cell, Cancer

Common Conditions of Hearing Loss in Children
Causes of Hearing Loss in Children
Mumps is the most common cause of one-sided total deafness in the United States.

Frequently, the child and family are not aware of the hearing loss until years later.

Congenital Causes - hereditary hearing loss or hearing loss due to other factors present either in utero or at the time of birth, such as malformation or absent ears.

Acquired Causes - hearing loss which appears
after birth as a result of a disease, a condition or an injury.

Other examples include:
  • Ear infections
  • Ototoxic drugs
  • Meningitis
  • Measles
  • Encephalitis
  • Chicken pox, Influenza, Mumps
  • Head injury
  • Noise exposure
Appalachian Audiology can test hearing and identify hearing loss in children of any age. This includes newborn and infant hearing screening and diagnostic hearing tests with young children.