Download poster

HEARING LOSS: DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEARING LOSS
Of every 1000 infants,
1 to 3 are born deaf
or hard of hearing
Idiopathic, Progressive,
Acquired Hearing Loss
Otitis Media
5 to 7 % of children
between 5 and 7
years of age
have Auditory
Processing Disorders
Environmental Insult:
By age 18, approximately
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
-Infection
17 in 1000 children
Noise is responsible for at least 1/3
-Acoustic trauma
have a Hearing Problem
of Hearing Loss cases
-Ototoxic drugs
Incidence of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
-Hearing loss associated
is increasing in children-teenagers
with platinum-based
Chemotherapy:
Incidence: 11% - 97%
SOME RESEARCH TOPICS AT A.I. duPont
PROTECT YOUR HEARING
Frequency (Hz)
-10 125
250
500
1k
2k
4k
8k
0
Hearing Loss (dB)
-Improvement of Newborn Hearing Screening
-Risk Factors for Hearing Loss
-Genetic Studies
-Inner Ear Malformations
-Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
-Auditory Processing Disorders
-Chemoprotective agents
-Auditory Training Software for Rehabilitation
-Otitis Media
-Hearing Loss and Balance Dysfunction
14% of Adults between
the ages of 45 and 64
have Hearing Loss.
More than 30 % of People
over the age 65
and 40 to 50% of People
over the age of 75
have difficulty hearing
20
40
60
80
100
120
Audiogram of Familiar Sounds at 6 feet
Noise
No
Level
Protection
(dB A)
90
8 hours
95
4 hours
100
2 hours
105
1 hour
110
½ hour
115
¼ hour
120
0
125
0
15 dB
Protection
No limit
No limit
No limit
8 hours
4 hours
2 hours
1 hour
0
Average Safe Hours per
Day (OSHA, 1992)
WEAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES!
Nemours is one of the largest pediatric group practices in the United States, serving children in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Florida, and Georgia. Visit us online at www.Nemours.org and www.PedsEducation.org.