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Definition

Partial or total inability to hear

Causes

Aging

Acoustic neuroma

Infections

Obesity

Meningitis

Noise exposure

Head trauma

Symptoms

Difficulty in hearing women and children's voices

Difficulty in understanding everyday conversations

Asking others to repeat often

Having to turn up volume

Avoiding social situations that were enjoyable

Hearing ringing in your ear

Feel like others are mumbling

Pathophysiology

Damage to the outer, inner and middle ear

Cause wear and tear on the hairs

Or nerve cells in tge cochlea

That send sound signals to the brain

Electrical signals cannot be transmitted

Symptoms starts to appear

Nursing management

Encourage bed rest

Administer oral steroids as prescribed

Order low salt diet

Administer diuretics as prescribed

Provide carbogen inhalation

Health education

Vasodilation

Avoid loud or noisy places

Limit your time exposure to loud sounds

Use hearing protective gears

Avoid medications like aspirin

Give your ear time to recover

Treatment

Pharmacology

Prednisone

Penicillin

Furosemide

Steroids

Bumetanide

Surgical procedures

Spadectomy

Hearing aids

Tympanoplasty

Cochlear implant

Removal of canal obstruction

Diagnostic procedures

Otoscope

Pure tone audiometry

Tympanometry

Audiometry

Word recognition

Bone conduction

Weber's test