Hearing Loss

There are three types of hearing loss:

•    Sensorineural Loss – This is nerve damage most common for outdoorsmen and women. This is caused by damaging loud sounds, ear infections, the aging process, etc.  All these phenomena wear out or break off the little hair like nerve endings (See Video Clip). Once worn or broken, the little nerve endings don’t respond as well, impairing your hearing of critical sounds.

Since the nerve endings which create high frequency sounds are smaller and finer, they’re also the most easily damaged, worn out or broken. Which is why most of us, with hearing loss, have a harder time hearing higher-pitched sounds like women or children’s speech, the blinkers in your truck, crickets, music – and,  the up-side, those endless honey do lists.  (Don’t worry, when we help you with your hearing, we can still install a Selective Hearing mode. Just don’t tell your wife!)

•    Conductive Loss- This is usually caused from some blockage or obstruction in the ear, such as earwax, surfers or swimmers ears, cauliflower ear, tumors, scar tissue, etc.

•    Mixed Loss - Simply a combination of sensorineural and conductive loss.