” Since receiving my implant my confidence has increased and I can now use the telephone to talk to my family. ”
, Contact” Since receiving my implant my confidence has increased and I can now use the telephone to talk to my family. ”
, Contact11 million people in the UK are deaf or hard of hearing. Individuals with profound hearing loss may have some residual hearing left, which, however, is not sufficient for speech understanding. Children learn to speak by copying what they hear. If they cannot hear, their speech and language development will be impaired.
Audiology, the science concerned with the sense of hearing, differentiates between mild, moderate, severe and profound hearing loss. Profound hearing loss is sometimes also referred to as deafness. Definitions of the levels of hearing loss vary slightly. According to the World Health Organization, someone with normal hearing has hearing thresholds of 25 dB or better in both ears.
Normal communication takes place at around 65 dB. People with hearing thresholds below that level have difficulty understanding speech, particularly in noisy surroundings. Individuals whose hearing gradually deteriorates often don’t notice their hearing problems for a long time.
Hearing aids and hearing implants are solutions for hearing loss.
More information on hearing loss is available on Causes of hearing loss and Types of hearing loss.
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