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Types of Hearing Loss

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Sensorineural Hearing Loss ________SNHL___________ 1. Happens in the inner ear or the ______cochlea_____ (looks like a snail shell. 2. The ___nerve_________ may be damaged. 3. It is usually permanent (lasts forever) 4. Why does it happen? a. It can be ______hereditary____ (born with it) b. High ________fever__________ c. Injury d. Really strong _antibiotic ________ medication Conductive Hearing Loss 1. Sound cannot reach the middle ear bones because something is ___block __________ it or the bones dont work right. 2. Things that can block it are: a. Ear ___wax_____ b. Fluid from an ____ear___ infection

c. Tumor d. Ear canal or middle ear bones__ arent formed properly Mixed Hearing Loss 1. Is both __SNHL________ and ____conductive______ 2. Can be difficult to diagnose and __treat ______.

Some important notes: 1. Some people with hearing loss can benefit from 2. ____hearing aids_________ 3. Not everyone is eligible (allowed) to have a ____cochlear implant____________. 4. Hearing aids turn up the _____volume______ but do not fix a hearing loss. 5. If a person takes off their hearing aid or cochlear magnet, they go back to having a __hearing loss_____________. 6. Not everyone with a hearing loss knows _____ASL___ or uses hearing aids. 7. Every person with a hearing loss is ____unique____________.