By: Amy Mullen
How to Protect Your Hearing
It happens to a lot of us as we age. Our hearing begins to fail and sounds and voices are suddenly distorted or missing all together. I went for a few months thinking my grandfather was ignoring me before I realized he couldn’t hear me. It was a sudden [...]
As people age the senses start to lose their sharpness. And of these, the weakening of the sense of sight and hearing are the most common complaints among the elderly.
Your ears are delicate organs, so you must take care of them. If you do, you can probably prevent hearing loss caused by excessive noise or intrusion by foreign objects. Here is some good advice about preventing hearing loss.
Hearing loss usually develops over a period of several years. Since the hearing loss is painless and gradual, many people may not notice it. What someone may notice is tinnitus, which is a ringing or another sound in the ear. The tinnitus could be the result of long-term exposure to noise that has damaged the hearing nerve. Or, a person may have trouble understanding what people are saying or may hear everyone as mumbling.
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