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Hearing Disorders and Deafness

It's frustrating to be unable to hear well enough to enjoy talking with friends or family. Hearing disorders make it hard, but not impossible, to hear. They can often be helped. Deafness can keep you from hearing sound at all.

What causes hearing loss? Some possibilities are:

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Results 1 - 10 of 301 for hearing deafness
  1. Hearing Disorders and Deafness (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... impossible, to hear. They can often be helped. Deafness can keep you from hearing sound at all. What causes hearing loss? Some ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/hearingdisordersanddeafness.html - Health Topics
  2. Hearing loss 
    Hearing loss is being partly or totally unable to hear sound in one or both ears. ... Symptoms of hearing loss may include: Certain sounds ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003044.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Ear Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... water pressure. Some ear disorders can result in hearing disorders and deafness.
    https://medlineplus.gov/eardisorders.html - Health Topics
  4. Sensorineural deafness 
    Sensorineural deafness is a type of hearing loss. It occurs from damage to the inner ear, the place of origin of the nerve that runs from the ear to the brain (auditory nerve), or the brain.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003291.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Hearing Problems in Children (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... permanent. Sometimes, ear infections, injuries or diseases affect hearing. If your child does not hear well, get help. NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
    https://medlineplus.gov/hearingproblemsinchildren.html - Health Topics
  6. Nonsyndromic hearing loss 
    ... Isolated deafness Nonsyndromic deafness Nonsyndromic hearing impairment Nonsyndromic hearing loss and deafness Genetic Testing Registry: Nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss Genetic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/nonsyndromic-hearing-loss - Genetics
  7. Hearing loss - infants 
    ... both ears. Infants may lose all of their hearing or just part of it. ... Profound hearing loss is what most people call deafness. Sometimes, hearing loss gets worse over time. Other times, it ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007322.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Health Check Tools 
    ... QuestionBuilder App (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Hearing Disorders and Deafness Do You Need a Hearing Test? (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) Heart Diseases My Blood ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/healthchecktools.html -
  9. Statistics about Hearing, Balance, Ear Infections and Deafness From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)  
    Hearing, Ear Infections, and Deafness Quick Statistics About Hearing Charts and Tables About Hearing What the Numbers Mean: An Epidemiological Perspective ...
    https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics - External Health Links
  10. Directory of Organizations (Deafness and Communication Disorders) (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)  
    ... W View All Search Directory Filter by topic Hearing/Deafness Balance Taste and Smell Voice, Speech, and Language ...
    https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/directory - Other Resources
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