What is moderate sensorineural hearing loss and how to prevent it?

Many people suffer from moderate sensorineural hearing loss due to bad living habits. Unhealthy ear picking, irritable and noisy environment, wearing headphones to listen to music for a long time, etc. can all cause moderate sensorineural hearing loss. So how to prevent moderate sensorineural hearing loss?

1. Overcome bad habits - picking earwax is medically called cerumen, which is formed by the normal secretions of the cerumen glands in the ear canal skin combined with dandruff. Generally, a small amount of flaky earwax can be eliminated by itself with the vibration during exercise and the movement of the mandible. Ear picking can easily damage the skin of the external auditory canal and bring bacteria into the external auditory canal, causing inflammation, which is not only painful but also difficult to treat. If the eardrum is perforated, it is easy to cause infection and otitis media, which will affect hearing. If your ears are itchy, you can wipe them with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol, but don't insert it too deep. Large pieces of hardened earwax should be removed by an otolaryngologist using special tools.

2. To prevent swimmer's ear diseases, use earplugs when swimming and keep your head up above the water surface. Swim not deep dive. First, deep water will put pressure on the eardrum, and second, it can easily cause dizziness and create danger. Hard lumps of earwax can form embolism, water can enter the ears, earwax can soften and swell, affecting hearing, irritating the ear canal and causing inflammation. If the eardrum is perforated, do not swim to avoid recurrence of various diseases.

3. Protect your hearing. Good hearing and eyesight are signs of good health. You should pay attention to protecting your hearing. Common causes of deafness that affect hearing are drug poisoning and noise. Drugs are the main cause. The main drugs that can cause deafness include: streptomycin, etc. These drugs can easily damage the inner ear, cochlea (auditory receptors), and vestibule (balance receptors), causing deafness and balance disorders. The main symptoms of cochlear poisoning are: high-pitched tinnitus and hearing loss during medication or after stopping the medication, which gradually worsens until complete deafness. Deafness also has a familial susceptibility. If someone in the family is found to be prone to deafness, others should pay more attention.

4. Noise-induced deafness Irregular and strong stimulating noise can not only cause psychological discomfort, but also damage hearing. Noise-induced hearing loss is slow, progressive and difficult to treat. Strong and stimulating music can also cause hearing loss. The characteristics of noise-induced deafness are: high-pitched tinnitus that changes from intermittent to continuous, and eventually leads to deafness. These are factors that can cause moderate sensorineural hearing loss and we cannot ignore them. In daily life, we need to pay more attention to the impact of these aspects. It is possible to prevent moderate sensorineural hearing loss. We should remind our friends to pay attention to this aspect. I hope the patients will recover soon!