The Ear Is Not Just an Organ of Hearing
One of the most important organs in our body is our ears, which is one of our five sense organs. The organs that enable us to hear are our ears. Our ears are not just about our hearing. It is the organ that allows us to stay in balance while walking. Ears, which play an important role in maintaining human balance and hearing, contain the smallest bones in our body.
Consequences of Ear Injuries
In some cases, damage to the ears can lead to hearing loss. This is of great importance for our health. The condition that occurs as a result of damage to the ears is generally in the form of hearing loss. Hearing loss has major negative effects on the comfort of life. Hearing loss greatly reduces the comfort of life. Hearing loss often goes unnoticed by people.
What Are the Symptoms of Hearing Loss?
Asking what people say again is a source of stress and distress in itself. Symptoms of hearing loss include:
- * The situation of having people repeat what they say in the dialogue entered
- * Inability to follow the conversations and understand the conversations in conversations with three or four people
- * Difficulty hearing people with thin voices
- * Increasing the volume of television and radio to higher volumes
- * Some sounds cannot be heard clearly and are perceived as muffled
- * Feeling as if the ear is plugged
- * Momentary ringing and buzzing in the ears
Hearing losses show symptoms in these cases. These symptoms are important for understanding hearing loss and make timely diagnosis possible.
What are the Causes of Hearing Loss?
- * Prolonged exposure to loud noise is one of the causes of temporary hearing loss. This is a normal situation.
- * Some minor hearing loss may also occur in case of exposure to a sudden and severe burst of sound. This is also a normal situation.
- * Genetic causes can also lead to hearing loss. Hearing loss can be seen in people with hearing loss in family members.
- * The use of certain drugs can cause hearing loss.
- * Some diseases can also cause hearing loss.
Negative Consequences of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can affect you socially in a very negative way. There is a high probability of negative impact not only socially but also emotionally. It can make you avoid going to social events. Having people repeat their words is also very demoralizing.
The situation becomes even more dramatic if you have hobbies such as attending events such as concerts, theater, cinema and listening to music and dancing. In addition, with the use of some devices and machines, your use of motor vehicles is also impaired.
What to Do in Case of Hearing Loss
In case of hearing loss, you should consult an Ear Nose and Throat Diseases specialist without wasting any time. The first thing your specialist doctor will do is to reveal the degree of hearing loss with a number of hearing tests.
Based on the results of these tests, your specialist will decide on a treatment protocol. If necessary, surgical procedures will be performed. These surgical procedures include eardrum repair or ear tube insertion.
What is the Place of the Ear Tube in Hearing Loss?
The ear tube is a good solution for hearing loss caused by inflammation in the middle ear, such as otitis. The ear tube placed in the eardrum balances the pressure between the external environment and the middle ear, and thus functions as the Eustachian tube, which cannot do its job adequately for a temporary period of time. When the pressure difference in the ear disappears, the inflammation in the middle ear begins to improve, and as a result, the cells responsible for hearing begin to function normally. The tube put into the ear has the feature of spontaneously coming out of the eardrum over time.
If permanent hearing loss is detected for which treatment protocols, including surgical procedures, cannot yield results, your specialist will recommend hearing aids according to the type and degree of your hearing loss.
May the music of life not be missing from your ears...
Op. Dr. Ibrahim Yazici
Ear Nose & Throat Diseases Specialist
