Deafness & Hearing Loss
Symptoms & Signs:
In Adults
Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults. Roughly one third of Americans over age 60, and 40 to 50 percent of people over age 75 have hearing loss. More men than women report having hearing loss.
Hearing loss can run in families, or it can be the result of injury and trauma, medications, infection, disease, such as high blood pressure, or long-term exposure to loud noise. About 30 million workers are exposed to dangerous noise levels on their jobs.

Symptoms
Symptoms of hearing loss include:
Dizziness and imbalance
Fluid draining from the ear
Unresponsiveness to low-pitched sounds
Becoming inattentive to the speech of others
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