Age Page: Hearing Loss
National Institute on Aging - How to determine types of hearing loss, devices and treatments.
Auditory Aging
Reprinted from the May/June 2003 issue of Hearing Loss: The Journal of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People by the Hearing Loss Association of America - A good article on the issues of age related hearing loss. Also covers the topic of Alzheimer’s disease and hearing loss.
Hearing loss
Mayo Clinic provides information on symptoms, tests, treatment, and coping.
Presbycusis
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - A discussion of the gradual loss of hearing that occurs in most people as they age.
Noise and Hearing Loss
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - An excellent discussion of how noise damages the ear, the physical, emotional and performance changes caused by excessive noise levels, how to protect yourself against loud noise, and workplace noise issues. A chart of decibel levels is included.
*Information provided in these databases and websites should not be viewed as a means
for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis,
or treatment.
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