Deafness Professional

Professional deafness

***Occupational deafness*** is a degree of hearing impairment associated with a high degree of sensitization or sensorineural hearing loss, which is defined as an irreversible change in the tissues of the hearing organ. With such deafness, structural changes occur in the tissues of the hearing aid, which are associated with irreversible processes of destruction of the cochlea, nerves and skull bones. This form of the disease is usually congenital or acquired in early childhood. Occupational deafness should be distinguished from ordinary deafness, which can occur in any person at any age due to many factors.

Causes

The main reason for the development of occupational deafness is associated with exposure to harmful factors: constant noise, vibration, acoustic shocks. But the exact nature and mechanisms of development of this pathology are still not known. Symptoms of the disease include hearing loss due to absorption of audio interference or noise, as well as the inability to hear music, speech, music, or animal and bird sounds. Moreover, with such