Otorhinolaryngologist Alena Agarkova said that hearing loss, which is typical for older people,
The doctor named the causes of hearing lossneurotropic viruses, otitis media of various nature, including fungal, sulfur plugs. Also, the quality of hearing is affected by acute intoxications caused by domestic and industrial causes, damage by drugs, such as aminoglycoside antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs.
Acute and, as a result of untimely treatmentand visits to the doctor, chronic otitis media, tympanosclerosis, diseases of the inner ear - otosclerosis, labyrinthitis, acute and chronic sensorineural hearing loss, which is one- or two-sided. The latter are successive states of one process - the death of the auditory nerve, the restoration of which is possible only in the early stages of acute sensorineural hearing loss, ”said Agarkova.
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Source: Izvestia