| Many individuals have asked themselves how you | | | | Catarrh can also cause deafness in children although |
| become deaf at one time or another. The thing is | | | | this may only be short-term. |
| though that it is not always an easy question to | | | | Some babies are born deaf and sometimes the |
| answer, since some people are born deaf and others | | | | reason is genetic or it could be caused by such |
| become deaf. Here are some of the main reasons of | | | | illnesses as cytomegalovirus or toxolasmosis. In fact, |
| deafness in later life, that is, they are not birth defects. | | | | there several 'children's illnesses' that can lead to |
| Unrelenting very earsplitting music can affect your | | | | deafness if they are not treated speedily and |
| eardrums and cause a degree of deafness or even | | | | correctly. Ototoxic drugs can also cause deafness as |
| absolute deafness. So, when your parents were | | | | can some other drugs. |
| warning you to turn the music down when you were a | | | | Premature babies that are were born with jaundice run |
| kid, they were speaking sense. Studies have shown | | | | the risk of being born deaf or of becoming deaf early |
| that loud music causes deafness. | | | | in life as do babies that suffered a lack or shortage of |
| Indeed, rock stars such as Eric Clapton believe that | | | | oxygen because of an awkward delivery. |
| playing on stage before very powerful speakers is a | | | | People lose their hearing gradually as they get older |
| direct contributory factor to deafness amongst rock | | | | too. This is a normal part of the aging process and it |
| musicians. Deafness from loud music is most likely to | | | | could be thanks to to the cumulative effect of all the |
| occur if the musicians play loud music on a regular | | | | loud noise, all the illnesses and their remedies that we |
| basis, which is precisely what happens when a band is | | | | have sustained during our lives. |
| on tour. | | | | If you work in a noisy environment such as a quarry, a |
| Actors and actresses run a pretty high risk of having | | | | construction site, in the military or at an airport, you |
| their hearing impaired by props and special effects. For | | | | should wear ear protectors, otherwise your hearing will |
| instance, President Reagan had to use a deaf aid in | | | | probably deteriorate slowly. So gradually, that you do |
| later life and he attributed that to one day on a set | | | | not realize it until someone tells you that the TV is too |
| when a gun was fired too close to his head by | | | | loud. |
| mistake. Imagine the effect on your hearing of | | | | You should take care of your hearing and teach your |
| repeated explosions and gun shots in a war film or a | | | | children to do the same from an early age. Young |
| cowboy movie. | | | | peoples' hearing is not fully developed and so it can be |
| Sometimes children become deaf as the result of | | | | more easily injured. Therefore, try to keep your young |
| illness or disease or even puberty. Sometimes this kind | | | | children away from loud noises, including loud music. |
| of deafness wears off but sometimes it does not. | | | | |