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Deafness

Deafness: Introduction

Deafness: Inability to hear sounds. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Deafness is available below.

Symptoms of Deafness

• Deafness
• Hearing impairment
• Lack of startle response to noise
• Lack of response to hand clapping
• Delayed speech
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 6 symptoms of Deafness

Treatments for Deafness

• Hearing aids
• Cochlear implants
• Personal amplifiers
• Lip reading
• Sign language - various types including American Sign Language (ASL), Signed English, or Cued speech.
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Deafness

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Deafness:

• Ear Infections: Home Testing:
  • Home Ear Infection Testing
  • Home Ear Tests
  • Home Hearing Testing
• Home Andropause Tests
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Deafness?

• Misdiagnosis of Deafness
• Failure to diagnose Deafness
• Hidden causes of Deafness (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Deafness

Deafness: Related Patient Stories

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Deafness: Deaths

Read more about Deaths and Deafness.

Types of Deafness

• Congenital deafness - deafness that occurs at birth
• Conductive deafness - caused by problems conducting sound waves into the inner ear nerves.
• Sensorineural deafness - caused by problems with the nerves themselves.
• Nerve deafness
• Noise-induced hearing loss
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Deafness

Diagnostic Tests for Deafness

• Simple tests of response to noises
• Clapping hands behind the child - to see if they can respond to it when they cannot see it.
• Otoacoustic emissions (OAE) - testing baby hearing.
• Auditory brain stem response (ABR) - testing baby hearing.
• Baby hearing checklist
• more tests...»

Read more about tests for Deafness

Causes of Deafness

• Conductive deafness - nerve deafness
• Congenital deafness
• Causes of conductive deafness are various stoppages blocking sound waves from the ear nerves:
  • Otitis media - may cause conductive deafness
  • Ear wax
• more causes...»

See full list of 801 causes of Deafness

More information about causes of Deafness:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Deafness (12 listings)
• Underlying causes of Deafness
• Deafness as a complication caused by other conditions
• Deafness as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Deafness

Disease Topics Related To Deafness

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Deafness: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
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  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Deafness

Simple hearing loss can be misdiagnosed: Elderly patients can be misdiagnosed owing to symptoms of paranoia, when the underlying cause is really simple hearing loss. Due to their...read more »

Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease is often over-diagnosed. Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be Alzheimer's, whereas there are...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical...read more »

Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease. The reality is that there are various possibilities, such as ...read more »

Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's. The disease...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Deafness

Deafness: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists:
  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
• Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
  • Geriatric Medicine (Senior Health Specialist)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Senior Mental Health)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
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• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Deafness

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Deafness:

• Senior Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Nursing Homes & Aged Care Facilities -- Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Deafness, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Deafness: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
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  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
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  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Deafness: Animations

More Deafness animations & videos

Research about Deafness

Visit our research pages for current research about Deafness treatments.

Clinical Trials for Deafness

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Deafness include:

• Natural History and Genetic Studies of Usher Syndrome - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Neuroanatomy of Reading in Congenital Deafness. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Sudden Hearing Loss Multicenter Treatment Trial - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - oral prednisone,intratympanic methylprednisolone
• Endolymphatic Sac Tumors in a Population of Patients With Von Hippel-Lindau Disease:The Natural History and Pathobiology, and a Prospective Non-Randomized Clinical Trial of Hearing Preservation Surgery in Patients With Early Stage Endolymphatic Sac Tumors - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Areas of Brain Responsible for Understanding American Sign Language - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 40 Clinical Trials for Deafness

Statistics for Deafness

• Medical statistics for Deafness
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Deafness
• Death and Mortality statistics for Deafness
• Society statistics for Deafness

Deafness: Broader Related Topics

• Ear conditions
• Hearing Impairment
• Ear and hearing conditions
• Head conditions
• Speech and communication conditions
• more types...»

Types of Deafness

Deafness Message Boards

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User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Deafness, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
• See all the forums.

Definitions of Deafness:

Lack or significant deficiency of the sense of hearing. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Partial or complete loss of hearing - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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