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Hearing difficulties
Hearing difficulties are clinical findings in which a person experiences difficulty hearing. This is common with aging, where hearing of high pitched sounds is typically lost first.
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How to handle 62 year old man with severe hearing difficulties?
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My wife has got hearing difficulty. one doctor said she has got otoscelerosis?any medicine for this?
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I have hearing difficulties. Most of the time i have trouble hearing talking with other noises around. mainly i have alot of trouble hearing the tv?
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Hearing difficulties getting worse in restaurants. Time for eval?
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What have you found to be helpful for dealing with tinnitus and hearing difficulties?
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A 30-year old asked:
I got water in my ear and I can not get it out and now i have hearing difficulties?
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A 41-year old asked:
Hearing difficulties in one ear from grinding on that side. Feels plugged all the time?
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After lipo n face lift is it normal for hearing difficulties? Feels like my ears are swollen shut
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A 34-year old female asked:
Vertigo, full feeling in right ear, pain and sensation of fluid draining from same ear but is none. tinnitus and hearing difficulty as well. Help?
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I have extreme ear pain, muffled hearing and difficulty balancing, along with dry black discharge. Is this an average infection or something more?
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A 27-year old asked:
i have started to have difficulty hearing,it seems to blocked & my hearing is v sensitive.what could this be dwn to?have tried ear wax but didnt work
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A 46-year old asked:
How can hearing be damaged?
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Is there a way to improve your hearing?
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What is parallel impairing hearing ability?
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I am seeing and hearing things. Please help me!?
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A 42-year old asked:
I'm seeing and hearing things that aren't there. What should I do?
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sudden hearing loss?
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Is hearing loss genetic?
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Is hearing loss preventable?
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Can you reduce hearing loss?
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Can hearing loss change with age?
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Is there a cure for hearing loss?|
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Could hearing aids protect hearing?
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How do you cope with hearing voices?
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What would cause sudden hearing loss?
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How can loud noise cause hearing loss?
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Possible causes of sudden hearing loss?
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