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Effects of Hearing Loss |
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Mild Hearing Loss
- Causes difficulty hearing soft speech at conversational level.
- Difficulty hearing in noise.
Moderate Hearing Loss
- Causes difficulty hearing speech at conversational level.
- Increasing difficulty in group discussions and significant problems understanding in background noise.
Moderately-Severe Hearing Loss
- Can hear only loud speech in quiet situations.
- Extreme difficulty understanding conversation in background noise.
Severe Hearing Loss
- Typically will not hear loud speech.
- Relies heavily on speech/lip-reading cues.
- May be a candidate for a cochlear implant.
Profound Hearing Loss
- May hear loud environmental sounds.
- Likely to be a good cochlear implant candidate, depending on duration of profound hearing loss.
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