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Offers resources on hearing disorders, hearing loss, deafness, and decreased hearing, including signs and symptoms, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing disorders.
Facts About Hearing Loss and tips for communicating with someone with a hearing loss.
Source: Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre
Some studies suggest that many teenagers and young adults have already experienced permanent hearing loss caused by exposure to excessive noise from a variety of leisure activities.
Source: Health Canada
Personal stereo systems offer a convenient way to listen to music in public without disturbing others. However, there are growing concerns that these devices may cause hearing loss if they are not used with a degree of caution.
Source: Health Canada
Wax blockage is one of the most common causes of hearing loss.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Often when we think of hearing loss, we think of older adults. But, surprising as it may seem, people as young as 30 can begin to lose their hearing.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) works cooperatively with professionals, service providers and government bodies, and provides information about hard of hearing issues and solutions. CHHA is Canada's only nation-wide non-profit consumer organization run by and for hard of hearing people.
Source: The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
The Canadian Hearing Society provides services that enhance the independence of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, and that encourage prevention of hearing loss
Source: The Canadian Hearing Society
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