| Hearing impairment is something that you have to | | | | disorder will be confident because they have the aids |
| recognize. You will find that hearing impairment not only | | | | that will help them hear the sound. |
| suffered by old people. This can also be suffered by | | | | Fact # 6 |
| people in all ages. In order to give you the knowledge | | | | Mild hearing loss can cause children to miss 50 percent |
| about this thing, the lists in the following are interesting | | | | of the discussion in class. This is very bad for them |
| facts about hearing impairment that you might not | | | | since they might not catch the material in their classes. |
| know before. | | | | As parent you should pay attention to this in order to |
| Fact # 1 | | | | decrease the hearing impairment that your children |
| There are over 90 percent of deaf children born from | | | | have. |
| parents with normal hearing. This means that although | | | | Fact # 7 |
| you and your couple have normal hearing, this does | | | | Listening to MP3 player with high volume can cause |
| not guarantee that your children will also have normal | | | | permanent hearing loss over time. For you who have |
| hearing. | | | | this hobby should be careful. In this case, you can turn |
| Fact # 2 | | | | the volume down to decrease the risk of getting |
| Approximately 30 to 40 percent of people aged over | | | | hearing loss. |
| 65 suffer from some type of hearing loss. It is | | | | Fact # 8 |
| common that old people have this hearing disorder. | | | | With appropriate early detection and care, children who |
| This is because the ability of the ears to hear the | | | | are deaf can be elaborated communication skills at the |
| sound decreases as the improving age. In this case, | | | | same rate as their peers with normal hearing. |
| one in three people over the age of 65 experience | | | | Fact # 9 |
| some degree of hearing loss. Also, there are 14 | | | | Noise is one of the main causes of hearing loss. The |
| percent of those aged 45 to 64 suffer from some | | | | source of noise can be everything. The sound of |
| type of hearing loss. This means that the older the age, | | | | plane, train and other sound that disturb your ears can |
| the bigger chance of someone will get this hearing | | | | be the source of noise. |
| disorder. | | | | Fact # 10 |
| Fact # 3 | | | | Hearing tests should be performed as a baby. This is |
| Approximately 15 percent of children ages six to 19 | | | | done in order to know the solution for this matter. If the |
| have hearing loss that can be measured, at least in | | | | hearing loss is detected since baby, the prevention or |
| one ear. In this case, this hearing disorder occurred in | | | | solution toward this problem can be done since in the |
| five out of 1000 newborns. | | | | beginning. |
| Fact # 4 | | | | Fact # 11 |
| Noise exposure underground railway (subway), just 15 | | | | People with hearing loss wait an average of seven |
| minutes a day but it occurs sustainable can cause | | | | years before seeking help. Most of them do not know |
| permanent hearing loss. This will make those who are | | | | what to do to solve the problem that they face. When |
| work in this area have big chance of hearing anything | | | | this hearing disorder becomes severe, they might be |
| unclear because of the hearing disorder that they | | | | too late for seeking the solution. |
| have. | | | | Those are some interesting facts that you might not |
| Fact # 5 | | | | know. This will give you the addition knowledge about |
| Hearing aids offer a dramatic improvement in most | | | | the hearing and hearing impairment so that you will be |
| people with hearing loss. With the improvement of | | | | more aware of this hearing disorder. |
| these aids, people who suffered from this hearing | | | | |