How Do You Avoid Occupational, Severe Or Sudden Hearing Loss?
It is easy to take hearing for granted. It’s just one of those senses we don’t think much about — until something goes wrong. Here are some tips on how to avoid occupational, severe or sudden hearing loss. Pay attention to your hearing. We tend to take our hearing for granted until something happens. Occupational, severe or even sudden hearing loss can happen within 72 hours and can be caused by injury, disease, viral infections, circulatory problems and many other causes. The only way to diagnose the cause is to have a thorough examination. Sometimes there are treatments to help; sometimes there are not. Although some causes are never found and others might be the result of a specific event, sometimes the hearing loss is something that is actually building up over time, as is frequent with occupational hearing loss. The best way to avoid occupational, severe or sudden hearing loss is to treat your ears with respect, to keep your hearing regularly checked, and to see a doctor immediat