Hearing impairment

Hearing impairment
The International Symbol for Deafness

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Synonyms and keywords: Hearing impairment, deafness, decreased hearing; loss of hearing

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | CT | MRI | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Social Impact | Future or Investigational Therapies

Case Studies

Case #1

See also

• Audism, discrimination against Deaf and hard-of-hearing people
• Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test
• Deaf culture
• Hearing impairment with craniofacial syndromes
• King-Kopetzky syndrome
• Models of deafness for a comparison of the medical, disability and cultural models of deafness.
• Mondini Dysplasia
• Noise induced Hearing impairment
• Noise pollution
• Post-lingual hearing impairment
• Pre-lingual deafness
• Tinnitus
• Unilateral Hearing impairment

External links

• World Health Organization fact sheet on deafness and hearing impairment
• National Association of the Deaf. The NAD protects deaf and hard of hearing civil rights.