根据第一段第三句 Noise, not age, is the leading cause of hearing loss. 可知,是噪音而不是老化导致了听力损失。contribute/lead to 表示 " 导致……",本句为强调句,强调主语 exposure to noise,主语为单三,因此 contribute 或 lead 应当用单三形式。故填:contributes 或 leads。 (3) 推理判断题。根据...
education and counseling. Our clinic also fits and dispenses hearing aids and assistive listening devices to suit all types of hearing loss and life styles. We also actively participate in the prevention of hearing loss through the provision and fitting of hearing protective devices, consultation on...
Many young adults don’t realize that hearing loss is permanent. When loud noise kills the sensitive inner-ear cells that allow us to hear, they don’t regenerate. “The hearing you have when you’re born is all you get. Those cells can’t be replaced,” says Sydlowski says. “And ...
Brain structure. Hearing loss may affect the structure of your brain in a way that contributes to cognitive problems. Brain imaging studies show that older adults with hearing loss have lessgrey matterin the part of their brain that receives and processes sounds from the ears. That’s because ...
A Cleveland Clinic study is highlighting the lack of awareness about hearing loss among adults between the ages of 50 and 80 here in the United States.
To analyze the short-, medium-, and long-term benefits from and satisfaction with the Baha for patients with profound unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).Prospective clinical study.Head and Neck Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.Eight patients with acquired profound unilateral SNHL...
We evaluated 32 well-known hearing aid brands, performed long-term testing on devices, and consulted audiologists to help identify the most important factors to consider when evaluating a device’s effectiveness at combating hearing loss. Here are the best hearing aid companies based on our in-...
Rarely, sudden hearing loss has been reported after spinal surgery, ECMO, or after cardiac surgery. Post-anesthetic SNHL has also been reported. Radiation therapy also causes iatrogenic SNHL as a known late side effect. Whereas some otologic surgery is relatively low risk (such as tympano...
the more severe the hearing loss, and the greater the hearing aid amplification needed to make up the difference. However, there are practical limits to the amount of amplification a hearing aid can provide. In addition, if the inner ear is too damaged, even large vibrations will not be con...
Defective proteolysis has been implicated in hearing loss through the discovery of mutations causing autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness in a type II transmembrane serine protease gene, TMPRSS3. To investigate their physiological function and the contribution of this family of proteases to the ...