Adult Hearing Care
While hearing loss can be sudden, adult hearing loss is usually gradual, developing slowly over several years. As a result, most people are not aware of the extent of their hearing loss. Hearing loss can be mild, moderate, severe, or total. It occurs most frequently in older adults.
In adults, the most common causes are damage to the structure of the inner ear or to the auditory nerve. This can result from noise exposure, injury, infection, disease, medications, and aging. Noise is most often responsible, especially in men. While this type of hearing loss is usually not reversible, it can be helped with hearing aids. Other causes of hearing loss include trauma, infection, structural malformation, impacted earwax, tumors, or cysts. Medication or surgery can often reverse or improve the cause of hearing loss.
Signs of possible hearing loss include missing words during conversations, frequently asking others to repeat themselves, and difficulty hearing over the telephone or when there is background noise. At Red River Hearing and Balance Center, our Doctors of Audiology have the skill and training to determine the type, cause, and extent of your hearing loss. They use today’s most advanced testing methods and provide leading-edge solutions that can help you hear what you’ve been missing.
Adult Hearing Care
While hearing loss can be sudden, adult hearing loss is usually gradual, developing slowly over several years. As a result, most people are not aware of the extent of their hearing loss. Hearing loss can be mild, moderate, severe, or total. It occurs most frequently in older adults.
In adults, the most common causes are damage to the structure of the inner ear or to the auditory nerve. This can result from noise exposure, injury, infection, disease, medications, and aging. Noise is most often responsible, especially in men. While this type of hearing loss is usually not reversible, it can be helped with hearing aids. Other causes of hearing loss include trauma, infection, structural malformation, impacted earwax, tumors, or cysts. Medication or surgery can often reverse or improve the cause of hearing loss.
Signs of possible hearing loss include missing words during conversations, frequently asking others to repeat themselves, and difficulty hearing over the telephone or when there is background noise. At Red River Hearing and Balance Center, our Doctors of Audiology have the skill and training to determine the type, cause, and extent of your hearing loss. They use today’s most advanced testing methods and provide leading-edge solutions that can help you hear what you’ve been missing.