Asian woman drinking coffee and straining to hear the birds outside.

The human body has some fantastic and remarkable abilities. Scratches, cuts, and broken bones are typically no problem for the human body to mend (with a little time, your body can heal the huge bones in your arms and legs).

But when it comes to repairing the delicate little hairs in your ear, it’s not going to happen. At least, so far.

It doesn’t seem exactly fair when you can recover from significant bone injuries but you can’t heal tiny hairs in your ear. So what’s the deal?

When is Hearing Impairment Irreversible?

So, let’s get right to it. You’re at your doctor’s office attempting to digest the news he’s giving you: you have hearing impairment. So you ask your doctor if your hearing will ever come back. And he informs you that it might or it might not.

Dramatically speaking, it’s a bit anticlimactic.

But he’s not wrong. There are two general types of hearing loss:

  • Hearing loss caused by damage: But hearing loss has another more prevalent form. Known medically as sensorineural hearing loss, this form of hearing loss is effectively irreversible. This is how it works: there are tiny hairs in your ear that vibrate when hit with moving air (sound waves). When vibrations are converted into signals, they are sent to the brain which makes them into the sounds you perceive. But over time, loud sounds can cause these hairs to be damaged to the point where treatment is needed.
  • Hearing loss caused by an obstruction: When there’s something obstructing your ear canal, you can present all the indications of hearing loss. This obstruction can be caused by a number of things, from the gross (ear wax) to the downright frightening (tumors). Fortunately, once the blockage is removed, your hearing often returns to normal.

So the bottom line is this: you can recover from one type of hearing loss and you probably won’t know which one you’re coping with without having a hearing test.

Hearing Loss Treatment

So at this time there’s no “cure” for sensorineural hearing loss (though scientists are working on that). But your hearing loss still might be treatable. Here are a few ways that the proper treatment may help you:

  • Help ward off mental decline.
  • Protect and maintain your remaining hearing.
  • Successfully manage hearing loss symptoms you might already have.
  • Avoid isolation by remaining socially active.
  • Preserve a high quality of life.

Of the many types of treatment available, which one is right for you depends on the extent of your hearing loss. Hearing aids are one of the easiest and most common treatment choices.

Why Are Hearing Aids a Good Treatment For Hearing Impairment?

You can get back to the people and things you love with the help of hearing aids. With the help of hearing aids, you can start to hear conversations, your tv, your phone, and sounds of nature once more. You won’t be straining to hear so pressure will be removed from your brain.

The Best Protection is Prevention

Whether you have hearing loss now or not, you should safeguard your hearing from loud noises and other things that can harm your hearing (like ototoxic drugs). Hearing well is essential to your overall health and well-being. Routine hearing care, like annual hearing tests, is just another type of self-care.

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