OUTLINE HOW DAMAGE CAN OCCUR TO HUMAN HEARING
Damage to human hearing can be affected in many ways, such as noise, medication, disease and injury.
Noise:
Noise is the most known of damage to human hearing, and is known as Noise Induced Hearing Lose. This occurs when a sound is to loud and becomes harmful to the human ear.
How can noise damage our hearing? To understand how NIHL happens, we need to understand how it is that we hear. First, sound waves enter our outer ear then travel through the ear canal into the eardrum. The eardrum vibrates from the incoming sound waves and sends these vibrations to the malleus, incus, and stapes (three tiny bones in the middle ear). Once in the middle ear the vibrations are sent to the cochlea of the inner ear, which is filled with fluid. The vibrations …show more content…
Ototoxicity is the name for damage caused by medications. They are malaria (quinine and chloroquine) and salicylates like aspirin, although the hearing loss is mostly temporary. Certain industrial chemicals, such as solvents, are also believed to cause damage.
Ways to avoid hearing loss through medications include
⦁ Discuss medications with doctor
⦁ Only take medication as directed
⦁ See doctor immediately if you experience symptoms, such as tinnitus.
Disease:
Hearing loss can be caused by viral illnesses such as mumps, measles, whooping cough and rubella. As well as bacterial diseases such as meningitis and syphilis can target and harm human ears. Also, a tumor that grows on the acoustic neuroma (a hearing nerve) can cause hearing loss.
Ways to avoid hearing loss through disease include
⦁ Vaccinate children in accordance to Immunize Australia Program
⦁ If ill, see doctor for diagnosis and treatment
⦁ See your doctor if you believe you have been exposed to an STD
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Injury:
Hearing loss can occur after perforation of the eardrum, fractured skull or barotrauma (large changes in air
Damage to human hearing can be affected in many ways, such as noise, medication, disease and injury.
Noise:
Noise is the most known of damage to human hearing, and is known as Noise Induced Hearing Lose. This occurs when a sound is to loud and becomes harmful to the human ear.
How can noise damage our hearing? To understand how NIHL happens, we need to understand how it is that we hear. First, sound waves enter our outer ear then travel through the ear canal into the eardrum. The eardrum vibrates from the incoming sound waves and sends these vibrations to the malleus, incus, and stapes (three tiny bones in the middle ear). Once in the middle ear the vibrations are sent to the cochlea of the inner ear, which is filled with fluid. The vibrations …show more content…
Ototoxicity is the name for damage caused by medications. They are malaria (quinine and chloroquine) and salicylates like aspirin, although the hearing loss is mostly temporary. Certain industrial chemicals, such as solvents, are also believed to cause damage.
Ways to avoid hearing loss through medications include
⦁ Discuss medications with doctor
⦁ Only take medication as directed
⦁ See doctor immediately if you experience symptoms, such as tinnitus.
Disease:
Hearing loss can be caused by viral illnesses such as mumps, measles, whooping cough and rubella. As well as bacterial diseases such as meningitis and syphilis can target and harm human ears. Also, a tumor that grows on the acoustic neuroma (a hearing nerve) can cause hearing loss.
Ways to avoid hearing loss through disease include
⦁ Vaccinate children in accordance to Immunize Australia Program
⦁ If ill, see doctor for diagnosis and treatment
⦁ See your doctor if you believe you have been exposed to an STD
⦁
Injury:
Hearing loss can occur after perforation of the eardrum, fractured skull or barotrauma (large changes in air