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Overview
A hearing impairment is a full or partial decrease in the ability to detect or understand sounds.[1] Caused by a wide range of biological and environmental factors, loss of hearing can happen to any organism that perceives sound. It is highly prevalent impairment and chances increase as one's age above 60.[2]
References
- ↑ "Speech and Language Terms and Abbreviations". Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- ↑ Nieman CL, Oh ES (2020). "Hearing Loss". Ann Intern Med. 173 (11): ITC81–ITC96. doi:10.7326/AITC202012010. PMID 33253610 Check
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