Question 1

how does being deaf affect your social life?

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Many ways: It depends alot  on the individual.  Hearing loss of any degree can be very isolating.  Hearing aids can help hearing loss and sometimes cochlear implants can give hearing to the deaf.  In either case, it is difficult to understand others on the phone and in noisy environments, making communication more difficult.  Early identification and treatment of deafness/hearing loss helps improve outcomes.

Question 2

which diseases can cause you to go deaf early in life?

Accepted Answer

Several: There are several ear diseases that can result in profound deafness.  These include viral infections of the inner ear; very severe middle ear infections that traverse the windows leading to inner ear infection; sudden sensori-neural hearing loss; autoimmune inner ear disease; meningitis.  These may all occur within the first decade of life.

Question 3

all my life i always had ear problems.now i use a q tip .and went deaf. what can i do?

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Ear Wax: When using a qtip you are packing the ear wax just like the soldiers did when packing their muskets with powder!  you likely just have ear wax packed in your ear totally blocking the ear canal and hearing.  See your pcp and get him to remove the wax safely.  Probably like magic your hearing is back.  A drop of olive oil in each ear at night will prevent another build up of wax. No qtips please.

Question 4

what are 6 ways a bionic ear (cochlear implant) can improve a deaf persons quality of life?

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Why 6 ways?: A cochlear implant is a device that is most often implanted when a person has bilateral profound or complete hearing loss.  The quality of life that will be improved with a successful outcome, is that you will hear and understand language.  It is not bionic, but a magnetic device connected to the inner ear via a wire.  Sound energy will convert the inner ear via the wire to electrical impulses.

Question 5

why aren't deaf people allowed to join the military?

Accepted Answer

Medical standards: Being unable to hear can be a matter of life and death in some environments.

Question 6

what causes someone to go deaf?

Accepted Answer

SEVERAL MECHANISMS: These days, loud noises from rock concerts, head phones, loud music in the home.  But as we age, our hearing does deteriorate, and we loss high frequencies first.  There are also episodes of trauma, Meniere's and other diseases which can eventuate in deafness.

Question 7

can you go deaf from loud music?

Accepted Answer

Not completely: Loud music may cause permanent high frequency hearing loss but almost never produces total deafness.  Your question begs the following answer.  Many young people are developing permanent high frequency hearing losses because of rock concerts, ear phone music if the volume is too high.  A good idea is "turn it to the left" which means turn the volume down.  More young people are losing  hearing.

Question 8

how to know if your baby is deaf?

Accepted Answer

Testing: BAER (brainstem auditory evoked potentials)

Question 9

can i become deaf from this cold?

Accepted Answer

No: A respiratory tract infection (ie common cold) can cause a temporary reduction in your hearing but you should not suffer a permanent loss from it.

Question 10

what makes makes someone to be deaf?

Accepted Answer

Many causes: Many causes. Most common causes in adults would be ear wax, trauma, aging and loud noises (acute or cumulative.
See ENT doc for exam/opinion.

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