Unilateral Hearing Loss: Causes

March 2, 2011 - PRLog -- Hearing loss can happen due to many reasons.  It can affect both your ears or only one. In this article we will discuss Unilateral Hearing loss (UHL). This condition deals with loss of hearing from one ear, the other ear being completely healthy.  

The hearing loss can go from very mild to very severe. It can also affect both children and adults.  The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) states that “approximately 1 out of every 10,000 children is born with UHL, and nearly 3% of school-age children have UHL.” This condition can have negative effects on a child’s education, as well as social interaction and speech-language development. The reason for this being that most children with UHL are not diagnosed with the condition early on and do not receive any kind of treatment.

The causes of UHL include abnormality in the outer, middle or inner ear, infections or illnesses, head injury, exposure to loud noise, traumatic brain injury and genetics. For more information contact your local New Generation Miami Hearing Center.

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