the positive and negative effect of sound on the ear: 3

Another major type of hearing loss is hereditary hearing loss. Of course you would assume that this always takes place at birth, but actually to the surprise of many it does not. Sometimes it shows up later in life, with gradual signs and symptoms. In otosclerosis which is thought to be a hereditary disease, and abnormal growth of structures in the ear that prevents it from working right. A head injury can also be a major cause of this hearing loss.
Hearing loss also comes in different forms. Hearing loss ranges from mild loss to total loss. Mild loss is when a person does not hear high-pitched sounds like a woman’s voice and children, total hearing loss which can also be born with. It also can come from disease, trauma, medication, or loud noises (Burke, 2007). There are also different infections that cause hearing loss. They are Meningitis, Mumps, Measles, Ear infection, and Scarlet fever which are rarely seen anymore.
Surprisingly medication is one of the major causes of hearing loss, even though it takes awhile for medication to harm your ear. It still can have a great impact on your hearing if you are not careful. Ototoxic is one of the medications with the capability to damage the inner ear. This could be very well permanent. This type of medicine can be found in antibiotics and even aspirin, so be very careful. Thankfully there are ways to prevent this medication from harming the ear. If a person just happens to take medication. Ask the doctor if it contains ototoxic and if it does, ask if other drugs can be taken. If not ask if the doses could be decreased (Bauman, 2000).