What are the causes of hearing loss? This is an excellent question and I am excited to answer it
today. If you're new to my channel, my name is Emily. Welcome. I am so glad you are here. If
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If you're here, you most likely know someone with hearing loss or have hearing loss yourself
and this is an excellent safe place to meet other people who have hearing loss and learn more about
my experience with hearing loss. If you're new like I said, my name is Emily I have two hearing
aids and boy do I love them! I have a moderate to severe sensorineural, congenital hearing loss I've
had hearing aids since I was four months old and they are amazing! I created this channel
to share my experiences with others I hope you stick around to the end of this video because if
you do I am going to share a tip about coping with hearing loss. Alright, so to talk about the causes
of hearing loss. I broke down all of the causes, well many of the causes I don't know that I could
encapsulate all of the causes, but I broke down the causes of hearing loss into four different
sections: environmental, natural causes, injuries, and viruses or diseases. Number one environmental.
This means that things around you are the cause of the hearing loss. The most common cause of
hearing loss is noise exposure. Noise exposure can be due to a loud work environment, excessive music
exposure, or other things where noise is the cause of a hearing loss. Number two: natural causes.
This can include aging or genetics. Did you know that one in three people over the age of 65 in the
U.S. have some sort of hearing loss? Yes, hearing loss is a wide spread thing that many people deal
with yet it's not talked about a lot and you'd think with that many people struggling with it we
would talk about it more but we don't which is why I created this channel. And the next natural cause
is due to genetics. That is how I got my hearing loss. Did you know that 95% of children that are
born with a hearing loss like I was, that is genetic, are born to hearing parents? Yeah!
My parents had no idea that their genetics would cause a hearing loss in not just me but my sister
as well and my sister was born and diagnosed before I was so because I was the next child
they checked me right at birth and diagnosed me with my loss and wow they entered this world
of hearing loss and they had no idea that this would be coming and they had ups and downs and it
was overwhelming at times but boy they made some great choices and I'm grateful for their efforts.
Alright so number three is injuries. It is common for hearing loss to be a comorbid symptom or side
effect of some other health concern so if you find that you're struggling to hear,
definitely go get your hearing checked because it could be a symptom or a side effect of a greater
underlying problem and if you experience any sort of head trauma or big injury just be aware that if
you are feeling like you're having a difficult time hearing you could indeed be experiencing
hearing loss. Hearing loss section number four: viruses or diseases. Wow, this could be a very
lengthy list but hearing loss can come due to many viruses or diseases such as viral infections,
shingles, meningitis, diabetes, strokes, high fevers. Meniere's disease, tumors, obesity,
smoking, hypertension, and other infections in addition to infections, the medications used
to treat infections or other health concerns can also cause hearing loss. This is called
ototoxicity. The bottom line is if you think that you're struggling to hear or other people
are telling you that you're having a difficult time hearing, you should go get your hearing
checked. It can be really hard and sometimes feel embarrassing that “Wow, I'm not hearing people”
but I promise you if you are experiencing hearing loss and you go get your hearing checked
and you properly address it, you will realize that you hear so many more things. Your relationships
will improve and it will be amazing. Thank you for sticking around to the end of this video.
I wanted to share one way to cope with hearing loss. Now you heard the long extensive list of
things that can cause hearing loss, don't let this discourage you, realize that though something may
happen to you that you have no control over you can address and assess your hearing loss. So
do what it takes to treat it. Go visit a doctor, go visit an audiologist. Listen to their advice,
don't hesitate to propose getting hearing aids or some kind of hearing device to help you
but as you help your body and you address any health concerns you will feel that happiness that
comes in taking care of your body and any health concerns that may arise. Now, I want to say I'm
not a doctor myself. I'm just a person that has dealt with hearing loss and boy I am grateful that
I have hearing aids and options to help me hear. If you have any questions please let me know in
the comments below. I look forward to answering them and getting to know all of you more.
If you haven't already, please like this video and subscribe to my channel. Like I said earlier,
I look forward to making more excellent videos. Until next time, have a great day!