Hearing impairment
A hearing impairment is a decrease in one's ability to hear (i.e. perceive auditory information). While some cases of hearing loss are reversible with medical treatment, many lead to a permanent disability (often called deafness).
See also
- Models of deafness for a comparison of the medical, disability and cultural models of deafness.
- Deaf culture
- Deaf history
- Post-lingual hearing impairment
- Pre-lingual deafness
- Progressive hearing loss
- Unilateral hearing loss
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Causes |
| ► | Categories of hearing impairment |
| ► | Social impact |
| ► | Medical treatments |
| ► | Adaptations to hearing impairment |
| ► | Resources |
| ► | How to communicate |
| ► | See also |
| ► | Quotations |
| ► | External links |
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