What Are Some Typical Symptoms Of Hearing Loss?
Hearing loss affects people across the nation and around the world, and that is why it is important to know some of the typical symptoms associated with hearing loss. Knowing in advance what to expect when it comes to slow and progressive hearing loss can go a long way in helping to treat the condition…
Help Those Of Any Age And From Any Background
Digital hearing aids and techniques used to detect a child’s hearing and speech related problems in the earliest stages of development means that doctors and audiologists are achieving great success in helping those with hearing loss. Albuquerque Speech Language Hearing Center is proud of its team of clinicians that are nationally certified, state licensed and…
Improved Communication And A Higher Quality Of Life
The first step in getting treatment for a range of hearing related disorders is to identify the hearing loss and the level of loss. Once this has been determined, doctors and audiologists can formulate a plan and a strategy to help patients to enjoy improved communication and a higher quality of life. In addition, today’s…
Effective Therapies And Treatments
Isolation from friends and loved ones and even coworkers can often lead to employment problems and relationship related problems. Hearing disorders should not be frowned upon and those with hearing related problems should not be penalized because they cannot hear what others are saying. As such, it is important to help both young and old…
Isolation Due To Hearing Loss Can Largely Be Avoided Today
There was a time in the past when hearing loss resulted in isolation that often had no real solution. However, today there are a wide variety of treatments and therapies available that are designed to help those with hearing loss to enjoy a much better quality of life than would otherwise be possible. Best of…
More Severe Levels Of Hearing Loss
Studies have shown that children with various degrees of hearing loss perform below their average grade level as compared to their peers. In addition, children with more severe levels of hearing loss may not be able to achieve skills that go beyond a fourth-grade education level. Early intervention and adequate treatment can prevent many of…
Communication Skills Including Basic Speech
Hearing loss can affect children in a number of ways. For example, it can have a direct impact on the career and vocational choices that children make as they grow older. It can also cause various degrees of social confusion and isolation as well as low self-esteem. Most notably, hearing loss can have a large…
How Does Hearing Loss Effect Development?
It has been known for a long time that hearing is an essential element of language development, speech, learning and communication. Children that have difficulties listening or hearing adequately because of auditory processing issues or hearing loss can have substantial decreases in normal development. It is also important to note that the earlier the hearing…
A Disconnect With The Inner Ear
Central hearing loss and Retrocochlear originates in central sections of the brain and can be typically caused by everything from dementia to strokes and even tumors. In addition, there is a condition known as mixed hearing loss that is simply a combination of sensorineural hearing loss and conductive hearing loss. The situation is characterized by…
Side Effects Of Certain Pharmaceutical Drugs
Another condition that centers on the neurological portion of the ear that causes hearing loss is known as Sensorineural hearing loss. In this situation, sensory cells within the ear are in some way not functioning the way that they should or are damaged. The condition can be genetic in nature or even occur during birth….