SPHR 2108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Conductive Hearing Loss, Microtia, Eustachian Tube
14 May 2018
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Effects of Different Types of Hearing Loss on Communication
What types of hearing loss exist among adults?
● Conductive
○ Hearing loss resulting from disorders of the outer and/or middle ear
● Sensorineural
○ Hearing loss resulting from disorders of the inner ear, birth defects
● Mixed
○ Conductive & Sensorineural symptoms
How do these types of hearing loss affect adult communication?
● Daily functioning implications
○ Everyday activities, chores, employment opps, driving safety,
● Social implications
○ Difficulty understanding peers, friends, family
○ Being “different”
○ Conversing in loud/social environments, concerts, movies,
■ Could have psychological effects, depression
● Academic implications
○ Limits achievement, understanding teachers
Conductive Hearing Loss
→ Hearing loss resulting from disorders of the outer and/or middle ear
→ Most common cause of deafness
→ A conductive hearing loss happens when sounds cannot get through the outer and middle
ear. It may be hard to hear soft sounds. Louder sounds may be muffled.
- Resulting from:
- Fluid in middle ear*
- Ear infections
- Aural Atresia
- Otitis Media
- Poor Eustachian Tube function
Children and Conductive HL
Signs & Symptoms:
- Pulling or scratching at their ears more often than usual
- Becoming tired more easily due to extra listening effort
- Trouble with background noise and often misunderstanding directions
- Inattentiveness
- Asking to have the volume turned up (TV, iPad, radio, etc.)
- Trouble with their speech and language development
Communication Implications:
- Children may have difficulty forming linguistic categories (plurals, tenses)
- Difficulty differentiating words and sounds
- Receptive and/or expressive language delay
- Problems with articulation
Adults and Conductive HL
Signs & Symptoms:
- Impacted earwax*
- Perforated eardrum/Injury
- Benign tumors
- Infection in the ear canal
- Foreign body in the ear
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Document Summary
Effects of different types of hearing loss on communication. Hearing loss resulting from disorders of the outer and/or middle ear. Hearing loss resulting from disorders of the inner ear, birth defects. Everyday activities, chores, employment opps, driving safety, A conductive hearing loss happens when sounds cannot get through the outer and middle ear. It may be hard to hear soft sounds. Pulling or scratching at their ears more often than usual. Becoming tired more easily due to extra listening effort. Trouble with background noise and often misunderstanding directions. Asking to have the volume turned up (tv, ipad, radio, etc. ) Trouble with their speech and language development. Children may have difficulty forming linguistic categories (plurals, tenses) Likely to better understand conversational speech in louder spaces vs quiet. Speaks softer than those with normal hearing. Hearing loss resulting from disorders of the inner ear or the 8th cranial nerve that carries the auditory signals to the brain.
