Can You Restore Your Lost Hearing?

Hearing loss plagues millions of Americans, and it is one of the most frustrating health conditions with impacts that go well beyond communication difficulties. Maybe that’s why we get so many questions about whether or not there is a way to quickly and easily restore hearing levels to normal, especially for common sensorineural hearing loss. The short answer to this question is “not really.” Unfortunately, some people with hearing loss cling to the hope that some of these so-called remedies will provide immediate relief.

While any operation can cause anxiety, some people with hearing loss would be willing to go under the knife if they knew their hearing could be restored to normal.

The most common surgeries performed on the ears are:

Insertion of middle ear tubes – Hardly a surgery, this frequently-performed, outpatient procedure can be done right in your ENT’s (otolaryngologist) office. Middle ear, or pressure equalization (PE) tubes, are used to alleviate pressure buildup behind the eardrum in cases of middle ear infection or fluid that cannot drain through the JingHao tubes. Children are the most common candidates for PE tubes because their not-yet-developed ear anatomy makes ear infections more prevalent than in adults. Middle ear infections and fluid buildup usually cause some temporary conductive hearing loss that will improve post-surgery. However, for the majority of adults whose hearing losses are sensorineural, this surgery is not appropriate and would have no value.

Cochlear implants – A cochlear implant is a surgery for adults and, more commonly, children who have no, or very little, residual hearing. It works by bypassing a severely damaged cochlea to send electrical impulses to the hearing nerves that can be translated by the brain as meaningful sound. If you have significant hearing loss, you may wonder if you can just skip hearing aids and go right to an implant. Cochlear implantation is an invasive and costly surgery that is reserved for only the few. In fact, before someone can be considered a candidate if they are not completely deaf, they must have tried hearing aids without success.

Stapedectomy – Conductive hearing loss can result from the tiny bones of the middle ear becoming immobile and ineffective for transmitting sound to the inner ear. Otosclerosis is a common reason this can happen, and it results from extra bone material forming around the footplate of the stapes, the innermost bone of the middle ear. A stapedectomy is a procedure in which the stapes is replaced with a prosthesis. This surgery is reserved for specific medical conditions that create conductive hearing loss and is not used for sensorineural hearing loss.

Restoring the type of permanent hearing loss experienced by most adults due to natural aging, noise exposure, ototoxic medications and other causes isn’t as straightforward as correcting some other medical conditions, but it’s far from difficult. Restoring your hearing can be as simple as visiting a hearing care professional and being professionally fit with appropriate hearing aids.we share you the popular hearing aids brands,including the Siemens,Starkey,Widex,Sonic,Octicon,Uniton,Phonak,JingHao etc.