Conductive Hearing Loss Hearing is the most important sense we humans have, and without it, life can never be the same. Individuals who are unable to hear will always have a problem to effectively communicate with the people around them. Conductive hearing loss is the most common hearing problem in children. This type of hearing problem begins in childhood, even though it can show up at any age. The hearing problem occurs when the sound transmission through the middle ear is blocked. Therefore, sound cannot be efficiently passed through the outer ear to the ear drum and to the middle ear. A child with conductive hearing loss cannot hear well, their sound level is reduced and thus, they only hear faint sounds. The conductive hearing loss can happen to both ears and can be enduring or just a temporary problem. Therefore, parents should seek a doctor’s intervention if they have any concerns about their child’s hearing. …show more content…
Therefore, conductive hearing loss is also caused by the above factors, but the most common causes being ear infections and wax in the ears. One of the causes of conductive hearing loss is physical abnormalities during birth, for instance the outer ear, or the middle ears are malformed. In addition, conductive hearing loss can be caused when a parent/caregiver does not clean a child’s ears, and it becomes full of wax. In addition, it is caused by fluids stuck in a child’s middle ear due to colds. Conductive hearing loss is also caused by otitis media (Ear infection), and allergies in the ear. Likewise, it can also be caused by foreign objects that are stuck in the stuck in the ear