How People Become Deaf

Many individuals have asked themselves how you become deaf at some time or another. The fact is though that it is not always an easy question to answer, since some people are born deaf and others go deaf. Here are some of the main reasons of deafness in later life, that is, they are not birth defects.

Unrelenting very earsplitting music can affect your eardrums and result in a degree of deafness or even absolute deafness. So, when your parents were warning you to turn the music down when you were a kid, they were speaking sense. Studies have shown that noisy music causes deafness.

Indeed, rock stars such as Eric Clapton accept as true that playing on stage before very powerful speakers is a direct contributing factor to deafness amongst rock musicians. Deafness from loud music is most likely to occur if the musicians play loud music on a regular basis, which is precisely what happens when a band is on tour.

Actors and actresses run a pretty high risk of having their hearing impaired by props and special effects. For instance, President Reagan had to use a deaf aid in later life and he attributed that to one day on a set when a gun was fired too near to his head by mistake. Imagine the effect on the hearing of repetitive explosions and gun shots in a war film or a cowboy movie.

Sometimes children go deaf as the result of sickness or disease or even puberty. Sometimes this kind of deafness wears off but sometimes it does not. Catarrh can also cause deafness in children although this may only be short-term.

Some babies are born deaf and sometimes the reason is genetic or it could be caused by such illnesses as cytomegalovirus or toxolasmosis. In fact, there several ‘children’s illnesses’ that can lead to deafness if they are not treated quickly and correctly. Ototoxic drugs can also bring about deafness as can some other drugs.

Premature babies that are were born with jaundice run the risk of being born deaf or of going deaf early in life as do babies that underwent a lack or shortage of oxygen because of an awkward delivery.

People lose their hearing gradually as they get older as well. This is a normal part of the aging process and it could be thanks to to the cumulative effect of all the loud noise, all the illnesses and their remedies that we have sustained in our lives.

If you work in a loud environment such as a quarry, a construction site, in the military or at an airport, you should use ear protectors, otherwise your hearing will probably deteriorate slowly. So gradually, that you do not realize it until someone tells you that the TV is too loud.

You ought to take care of your hearing and teach your children to do the same from an early age. Young peoples’ hearing is not completely developed and so it can be more easily injured. Therefore, try to keep your young children away from loud noises, including loud music.

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