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It’s Not That Bad – Mild It’s Not That Bad – Mild Hearing Loss Can Cause

Changes In The Brain

When hearing loss is mild, it loss is mild, it

can be difficult to recognize.

It can happen gradually – so gradually you might not even gradually you might not even

recognize it until someone points it out to you.

Mild hearing loss makes hearing soft sounds hearing soft sounds difficult and hearing

clearly in the presence of background noise can be much more difficult than

it was in the past.

The fact that people with mild The fact that people with mild hearing loss can do pretty well in

most situations makes them much less likely to do something about

it.

When any of the five senses is altered –whether it’s due to whether it’s due to

illness, injury or just due to the gold ‘ole “accumulation of

birthdays,” the brain reorganizes and adjusts

to the alteration

In the case of hearing loss – even mild hearing loss, researchers* mild hearing loss, researchers* found that the brain’s size was actually smaller in the hearing

areas

This smaller brain size suggests deterioration in the hearing center, deterioration in the hearing center, which has been linked to difficulty understanding complex speech like

what you would find in a noisy environment.

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