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Occupational hearing loss (1 Image)
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Occupational hearing loss is damage to the inner ear from noise or vibrations due to certain types of jobs or entertainment.Occupational hearing loss is a form of acoustic trauma caused by exposure to vibration or sound. Sound is heard as the ear ...Reviewer: Alan Lipkin, MD, Otolaryngologist, Private Practice, Denver, Colorado. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.Date: 10/10/2008
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Age-related hearing loss (1 Image)
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Age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, is the slow loss of hearing that occurs as people get older.Tiny hairs inside your ear help you hear. They pick up sound waves and change them into the nerve signals that the brain interprets as sound. Reviewer: Michael Langan, M.D. Department of Geriatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. Date: 11/04/2008
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