Explain The 7 Levels Of Hearing Loss
The 7 levels of Hearing Loss
When you hear the word ‘deaf ’you tend to associate it with someone having complete hearing loss, this is not always the case. As most of us have noticed the elderly tend to not hear well, this is because as we age we progressively lose hearing, especially high frequencies. When it comes to being deaf or having hearing loss there are seven common levels or stages of it.
They are known as: Normal Hearing, Mild-, Moderate-, Moderately Severe-, Severe- , Profound-, and Total- Deafness/Hearing loss.
Normal Hearing
This stage covers those that are not exposed to dangerous noise levels thus don’t have much of hearing loss as well as those that have hearing loss due to age.
As most people will have noticed the elderly …show more content…
With hearing loss this bad you will need a hearing aid or cochlea implant to participate or follow a conversation, but could probably hear louder noises like drums or dogs barking and will probably actually rely on lip reading and/or sign language to communicate , especially in noisy environments.
Profound Deafness/Hearing loss
This is the stage just before complete hearing loss.
If your test results are 95dB and above then you, unfortunately, have profound hearing loss. Again with hearing loss this bad you will need a hearing aid or cochlea implant because you won’t be able to hear someone in a conversation. There is a possibility that you will hear, possibly feel, very loud sounds like trucks or busses on the road.
You should be able to hear a person talking to you with the hearing aid or cochlea implant but if there is more than one person or you are in a noisy environment you would have trouble following a conversation.
With this in mind you would rely on lip-reading and sign language to communicate effectively with those around you.
Total Deafness/Hearing Loss
This is quite rare unlike the common misconception. This is when you cannot hear at all. This is generally present with those born without a cochlea or a hearing
When you hear the word ‘deaf ’you tend to associate it with someone having complete hearing loss, this is not always the case. As most of us have noticed the elderly tend to not hear well, this is because as we age we progressively lose hearing, especially high frequencies. When it comes to being deaf or having hearing loss there are seven common levels or stages of it.
They are known as: Normal Hearing, Mild-, Moderate-, Moderately Severe-, Severe- , Profound-, and Total- Deafness/Hearing loss.
Normal Hearing
This stage covers those that are not exposed to dangerous noise levels thus don’t have much of hearing loss as well as those that have hearing loss due to age.
As most people will have noticed the elderly …show more content…
With hearing loss this bad you will need a hearing aid or cochlea implant to participate or follow a conversation, but could probably hear louder noises like drums or dogs barking and will probably actually rely on lip reading and/or sign language to communicate , especially in noisy environments.
Profound Deafness/Hearing loss
This is the stage just before complete hearing loss.
If your test results are 95dB and above then you, unfortunately, have profound hearing loss. Again with hearing loss this bad you will need a hearing aid or cochlea implant because you won’t be able to hear someone in a conversation. There is a possibility that you will hear, possibly feel, very loud sounds like trucks or busses on the road.
You should be able to hear a person talking to you with the hearing aid or cochlea implant but if there is more than one person or you are in a noisy environment you would have trouble following a conversation.
With this in mind you would rely on lip-reading and sign language to communicate effectively with those around you.
Total Deafness/Hearing Loss
This is quite rare unlike the common misconception. This is when you cannot hear at all. This is generally present with those born without a cochlea or a hearing