How much do you know about hearing health?

The number of deaf patients in China is increasing. In fact, 50% hearing disability can be prevented and avoided through primary otology care. So, what do you know about deafness?

Hearing protection pays attention to hearing health, starting from the details of life.

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Deafness cannot be ignored.

When preparing for pregnancy, both husband and wife need to do genetic testing related to deafness, especially couples with a history of deafness;

Children born prematurely or abnormally should be followed up;

Hearing screening is carried out after the baby is born, and if there is hearing impairment, timely diagnosis and treatment are needed;

Hypertrophic hypertrophy is easy to occur in students, leading to otitis media;

Middle-aged and elderly people will be deaf and tinnitus.

According to the report of the World Health Organization in 20 13, there are 360 million people with hearing disabilities in the world, accounting for 5.3% of the total population in the world, and 50% of them can be prevented and avoided through primary otology care. Primary otology nursing includes hearing screening, ear care awareness and gene intervention.

Common misconceptions of hearing impairment among the elderly

Poor hearing is due to aging, which is normal.

If you have hearing loss, you should have a hearing examination in time, make a clear diagnosis and choose hearing AIDS scientifically so as not to affect your quality of life.

Hearing AIDS only amplify sound and make a lot of noise.

In fact, today's digital hearing aid technology is advanced. After debugging, they can reduce noise and improve speech intelligibility.

Hearing AIDS will not restore hearing, but hearing will get worse and worse.

Hearing AIDS are auxiliary devices, which can help you hear clearly, facilitate your life and slow down hearing loss.

In daily life, we should have the following ear-loving consciousness:

1. Noise prevention in daily life. Long-term exposure to various noises such as the roar of machines and the noise in the workshop will lead to tiny vasospasm in the inner ear, reduced blood supply to the inner ear and sharp decline in hearing.

2. Good mental state. Impatience and irritability for a long time will lead to the loss of normal regulation function of autonomic nerves in the body, causing inner ear ischemia, edema and hearing loss.

3. learn massage. Massage the wind point and listening point before and after the earlobe for 5- 10 minutes every morning and evening, which can increase the blood circulation of the inner ear and protect hearing.

4. Pay attention to medication. Avoid using ototoxic drugs such as gentamicin and kanamycin.

You'd better not pick your ears. Often digging ears with an ear spoon can easily hurt the ear canal, causing infection, inflammation and even damage the eardrum. When you feel uncomfortable, you can gently wipe the ear canal with a cotton swab dipped in a little alcohol or glycerin.

6. Protect the ears and tonify the kidney. Chinese medicine believes that hearing loss is related to kidney deficiency, and you can eat sesame porridge and walnut porridge.

7. Don't use headphones for a long time. Excessive volume or long-term use of headphones can lead to hearing loss.