{"id":1776,"date":"2013-03-12T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entmidwest.fm1.dev\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2022-12-15T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T17:32:06","slug":"degree-of-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/degree-of-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Of Hearing Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Degree of Hearing Loss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve learned about the Type of Hearing Loss, we can start to discuss the Degree.&nbsp; This is the second piece of information that we use to determine what sort of treatment would be best for your ears!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Degree of Hearing Loss&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 This refers to the severity of the loss. &nbsp;&nbsp;We do not measure hearing loss in percentages, and anyone who says otherwise needs to study!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The table below shows the common classification system for severity.&nbsp; These are the numbers that represent the patient\u2019s hearing loss in volume of sound.&nbsp; In other words, how loud the sound has to be in order for the patient to be able to hear it (this is what we call&nbsp;<em>threshold<\/em>).&nbsp; And what do we call this measurement?&nbsp; That\u2019s right \u2013 Decibels!&nbsp; They are typically measured in increments of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Degree of Hearing Loss<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hearing loss&nbsp; range&nbsp; (decibels = dB)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Normal<\/td><td>-10-20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Slight<\/td><td>21-25<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mild<\/td><td>30-40<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Moderate<\/td><td>45-55<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Moderately severe<\/td><td>60-65<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Severe<\/td><td>70-85<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Profound<\/td><td>90+<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have learned about the type, and degree of hearing loss, we can begin to learn about the Configuration.&nbsp; Check back next week for the final component of describing and categorizing hearing loss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWhether circumstances make one bitter or better depends entirely upon the I.\u201d&nbsp; \u2013 Evan Esar<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Degree of Hearing Loss Now that we\u2019ve learned about the Type of Hearing Loss, we can start to discuss the Degree.&nbsp; This is the second piece of information that we use to determine what sort of treatment would be best for your ears! Degree of Hearing Loss&nbsp;\u2013 This refers to the severity of the loss&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}