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Complications

Age-related hearing loss has been associated with[1][2]

Prognosis

The prognosis for hearing recovery for idiopathic SSNHL is dependent on a number of factors including the severity of hearing loss, shape of the audiogram, age of onset, presence of vertigo, and presence of other risk factors.[3][4]

PROGNOSIS BASED OF SEVERITY OF DISEASE[5]
MILD MODERATE SEVERE DISABLING
HEARING LOSS 26–40 dB HL 41–60 dB HL 61–80 dB HL >80 dB HL
DESCRIPTION Patient hears fine Hear with some difficulty.

People Mumble.

Difficulty in hearing. Patients relies on reading lips.

The term deaf is often used by persons

with profound hearing loss with >80 dB HL.

TREATMENT Communication strategies Communication strategies

Amplification

Communication strategies

Hearing aids

Cochlear implant

Communication strategies

Hearing aids

Cochlear implant

Sign language

Lip reading

RISK OF DEMENTIA[6][7] 2 times increase risk 3 times increase risk 5 fold increase risk -


References

  1. ↑ Nieman CL, Oh ES (2020). "Hearing Loss". Ann Intern Med. 173 (11): ITC81–ITC96. doi:10.7326/AITC202012010. PMID 33253610 Check |pmid= value (help).
  2. ↑ Lin FR, Yaffe K, Xia J, Xue QL, Harris TB, Purchase-Helzner E; et al. (2013). "Hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults". JAMA Intern Med. 173 (4): 293–9. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1868. PMC 3869227. PMID 23337978. Review in: Evid Based Nurs. 2014 Apr;17(2):60-1
  3. ↑ Kuhn M, Heman-Ackah SE, Shaikh JA, Roehm PC (2011). "Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a review of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis". Trends Amplif. 15 (3): 91–105. doi:10.1177/1084713811408349. PMC 4040829. PMID 21606048.
  4. ↑ Huafeng Y, Hongqin W, Wenna Z, Yuan L, Peng X (2019). "Clinical characteristics and prognosis of elderly patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss". Acta Otolaryngol. 139 (10): 866–869. doi:10.1080/00016489.2019.1641218. PMID 31452421.
  5. ↑ Nieman CL, Oh ES (2020). "Hearing Loss". Ann Intern Med. 173 (11): ITC81–ITC96. doi:10.7326/AITC202012010. PMID 33253610 Check |pmid= value (help).
  6. ↑ Lin FR, Metter EJ, O'Brien RJ, Resnick SM, Zonderman AB, Ferrucci L (2011). "Hearing loss and incident dementia". Arch Neurol. 68 (2): 214–20. doi:10.1001/archneurol.2010.362. PMC 3277836. PMID 21320988.
  7. ↑ Lin FR, Yaffe K, Xia J, Xue QL, Harris TB, Purchase-Helzner E; et al. (2013). "Hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults". JAMA Intern Med. 173 (4): 293–9. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1868. PMC 3869227. PMID 23337978. Review in: Evid Based Nurs. 2014 Apr;17(2):60-1

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