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Article: Deafness and Hearing Loss
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Deafness and Hearing Loss
What is Hearing?
What Causes Hearing Loss?
When Sounds Begin to Fade
Treating Hearing Loss
Living with Deafness and Hearing Loss
Resources
Deafness is the partial or complete loss of hearing. Hearing loss and deafness may be present from birth, as a result of many possible causes, or may begin later in life as a result of age-related changes in the ear, disease, injury, or excessive exposure to noise.
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Audiology
Audiometry
Cochlear implant
Otology
Otolaryngology
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