Archive for November 19th, 2006
Inner Ear Problems
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Sensorineural hearing loss involves damage to the inner ear, the auditory nerve, or the brain. For example, when some of the hair cells of the organ of Corti are damaged or other changes take place in the cochlea or to the auditory nerve, the electrical impulses are not transmitted as efficiently, resulting in hearing loss. […]
Children Hearing Loss
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Someone who has hearing loss or impairment may be able to hear some sounds or nothing at all. Impairment means something is not working correctly or as well as it should. People also may use the words deaf, deafness, or hard of hearing when they’re talking about hearing loss.
About 3 in 1,000 babies are born […]
