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Symptoms. Symptoms of hearing loss may include: Muffling of speech and other sounds. Trouble understanding words, especially when in a crowd or a noisy place. Trouble hearing the letters of the alphabet that aren't vowels. Often asking others to speak more slowly, clearly and loudly. Needing to turn up the volume of the television or radio.
Diagnosis. Tests to diagnose hearing loss may include: Physical exam. A health care provider looks in your ear for possible causes of your hearing loss, such as earwax or an infection. The way your ear is formed might cause hearing problems, as well. Screening tests.
Hearing loss. There are tiny, delicate hair cells in your inner ear (cochlea) that move when your ear receives sound waves. This movement triggers electrical signals along the nerve from your ear to your brain (auditory nerve).
Auditory processing disorder, also called APD, is a type of hearing loss caused by something affecting the part of the brain that processes how you hear. Ear damage causes other types of hearing loss. APD is also sometimes called central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). It can happen in anyone.
Common symptoms of an acoustic neuroma include: Hearing loss, usually gradually over months to years. In rare cases, hearing loss can be sudden. Hearing loss usually occurs on one side or is worse on one side. Ringing in the affected ear, known as tinnitus. Loss of balance or not feeling steady. Dizziness.
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus) occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one of your ears. In addition to the painful shingles rash, Ramsay Hunt syndrome can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss in the affected ear.
Signs and symptoms of earwax blockage may include: Earache; Feeling of fullness in the ear; Ringing or noises in the ear (tinnitus) Hearing loss; Dizziness; Cough; Itchiness in the ear; Odor or discharge in the ear; Pain or infection in the ear
You might experience dizziness or loss of balance, but the most common symptoms are hearing loss and ringing in your ear. Acoustic neuroma is a rare condition. Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
Symptoms. Symptoms of Meniere's disease include: Regular dizzy spells. You have a spinning feeling that starts and stops suddenly. Vertigo may start without warning. It usually lasts 20 minutes to 12 hours, but not more than 24 hours. Serious vertigo can cause nausea. Hearing loss. Hearing loss in Meniere's disease may come and go, especially ...
Mild hearing loss that comes and goes is fairly common with an ear infection, but it usually gets better after the infection clears. Ear infections that happen again and again, or fluid in the middle ear, may lead to more-significant hearing loss.