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Leading Causes of Hearing Loss
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Leading Causes of Hearing Loss In Adults
-Excessive noise exposure
-Presbycusis - the aging process
-Tumors and other space occupying lesions
-Vascular and circulatory disorders
-Heredity
In Children
-Middle Ear Problems - before the age of six 90% of all children in the U.S. will suffer from otitis media (middle ear infection)
-Congenital - craniofacial anomalies, family history of hearing loss, congenital infections
-Other - bacterial meningitis, head trauma, ototoxic medications, and childhood infectious diseases (mumps, measles)