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Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. [5] Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. [6] [7] Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. [2] In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spoken language, and in adults it can create difficulties with social interaction and at work. [8]
Language deprivation in deaf and hard-of-hearing children is a delay in language development that occurs when sufficient exposure to language, spoken or signed, is not provided in the first few years of a deaf or hard of hearing child's life, often called the critical or sensitive period. Early intervention, parental involvement, and other ...
Age-related hearing loss is characterised by slowed central processing of auditory information. [148] [150] Worldwide, mid-life hearing loss may account for around 9% of dementia cases. [151] Frailty may increase the risk of cognitive decline, and dementia, and the inverse also holds of cognitive impairment increasing the risk of frailty ...
Deaf mental health care is the providing of counseling, therapy, and other psychiatric services to people who are deaf and hard of hearing in ways that are culturally aware and linguistically accessible. [1] This term also covers research, training, and services in ways that improve mental health for deaf people.
Psychological health effects from noise also include depression and anxiety. Individuals who have hearing loss, including noise induced hearing loss, may have their symptoms alleviated with the use of hearing aids. Individuals who do not seek treatment for their loss are 50% more likely to have depression than their aided peers. [36]
If untreated, it results in impairment of both physical and mental development. Symptoms may include: goiter , poor length growth in infants, reduced adult stature, thickened skin, hair loss, enlarged tongue, a protruding abdomen, delayed bone maturation and puberty in children, mental deterioration , neurological impairment , impeded ovulation ...
Typically, children with mental health disorders are first exposed to stigma within their family unit before later being exposed to it in the school setting and the public. [25] While some may view stigma as a minor problem when looking at the other obstacles children with mental illness may face, others view it as a major problem because of ...
Health effects on intelligence have been described as being among the most important factors in the origins of human group differences in IQ test scores and other measures of cognitive ability. [1] Several factors can lead to significant cognitive impairment, particularly if they occur during pregnancy and childhood when the brain is growing ...