Please Don't Take My Hearing Loss At Face Value!

[Arthur Little]

It is often [mistakenly] assumed that deafness is a condition that predominantly afflicts the elderly.

Probably for the the most part ... ... this is true - in so far as, the older we become, the more likely we are to experience some decline in our faculties - hearing loss being among the most common. Indeed, those of you who met me at Scarborough in June 2012 will testify to my being a prime example of such a claim.

But sometimes, of course, there are exceptions ... as the following link to an article written by one young lady fitted with hearing aids at the tender age of 17, indicates:


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/tama...?utm_hp_ref=uk ...

Hear, hear! .

[Doc Alan]

Your memory is good, Arthur - we did have a members’ meeting in Scarborough just over 5 years ago !


The young lady in your link obviously overcame her shyness and embarrassment to write an article about her hearing loss.


It’s perhaps a surprisingly common problem, affecting ~10 million people in the UK to some degree.


As you say, it often develops with age, so-called " sensorineural " hearing loss, in which the sensitive inner ear cells and " auditory " nerve taking signals to the brain become less effective.


The other main type of hearing loss is " conductive ", where sounds don’t pass properly from the outer ear to the inner ear ( commonest cause being ear wax ).


There are many other causes for both types of hearing loss - including genes, infections, injury such as perforated ear drum, and various illnesses. Exposure to loud noise - music, TV, or work-related - should be avoided.

[Arthur Little]

Your memory is good, Arthur - we did have a members’ meeting in Scarborough just over 5 years ago !

Thanks, Alan ... I'm very sure ALL of us who attended share my fond recollections of an extra~special occasion!