MIXED HEARING

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WHAT IS MIXED HEAR?

Combination of conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

Conductive hearing loss is associated with impaired transmission of sound waves through the external
ear canal to the bones of the middle ear. A blockage of the external ear or dysfunction of the middle ear
will produce conductive loss of hearing.
A sensorineural hearing loss results when there is dysfunction in either the perception or the
interpretation of sound waves
CHARACTERISTICS CAUSES
Inability to hear people clearly and fully. People
acquired, meaning that the loss occurred
may seem to mumble and those experiencing
after birth, due to illness or injury
hearing loss may not hear all parts of a
build up of fluid behind the eardrum
conversation. For instance, someone with hearing
ear infections (known as otitis media)
loss may miss the essence of a story or punch line
childhood diseases, such as mumps,
of a joke that someone just told.
measles, or chicken pox; and
Frequent requests for repetition or clarification. head trauma
congenital, meaning that the hearing loss or
Tendency to need to stare at people when they
deafness was present at birth
are talking in order to make it easier to
a family history of hearing loss or
understand what they are saying.
deafness
Fatigue at the end of the day from straining to infections during pregnancy (such as
hear. rubella)
Avoidance of social situations because of difficulty complications during pregnancy (such
following conversations in noisy environments. as the Rh factor, maternal diabetes, or
toxicity)
Tendency to bluff when not hearing someone
because of the fear of asking them to repeat
themselves.
SUPPORTS
The conductive component
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TREATMENTS
may be amenable to medical
treatment and reversal of the
associated hearing loss, but
the sensorineural component
will most likely be permanent.
Hearing aids can be beneficial
for persons with a mixed
hearing loss, but caution must
be exercised by the hearing
care professional and patient if
the conductive component is
due to an active ear infection.
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