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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 85 for Presbycusis
  1. Hearing Disorders and Deafness (National Library of Medicine)  
    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 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/hearingdisordersanddeafness.html - Health Topics
  2. Age-related hearing loss 
    Age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, is the slow loss of hearing that occurs as people get older.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001045.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Age-related hearing loss 
    Age-related hearing loss (also known as presbycusis) is a decrease in hearing ability that happens with age. In most cases, the hearing loss affects both ears. It can begin as ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/age-related-hearing-loss - Genetics
  4. ClinicalTrials.gov: Presbycusis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Hearing Disorders and Deafness/Clinical Trials ... Hearing Disorders and Deafness
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...Presbycusis"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  5. 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
  6. 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 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003291.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Articles about Hearing Disorders and Deafness | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    Hearing Disorders and Deafness Featured Articles : Hearing Disorders and Deafness August 24, 2023 Meet the Director: Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/.../hearing-disorders-and-deafness - MedlinePlus Magazine
  8. Age-Related Hearing Loss From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)  
    Age-related hearing loss (also called presbycusis, pronounced prez-buh-KYOO-sis) is hearing loss that occurs gradually for many of us as we grow older.
    https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/age-related-hearing-loss - External Health Links
  9. Health Check Tools 
    ... QuestionBuilder App (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Hearing Disorders and Deafness Do You Need a Hearing Test? (National Institute ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/healthchecktools.html -
  10. Deafness Is Not a Burden From the National Institutes of Health 
    Hearing Disorders and Deafness/NIH MedlinePlus Magazine ... Hearing Disorders and Deafness
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/deafness-is-not-a-burden - External Health Links
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