Hi, I recently had a hearing test (results summarised below), which indicated mild hearing loss at the 4k Hz level. The audiologist said not to worry about it, protect my ears going forward and it will very unlikely worsen. He even mentioned that it may reverse itself, especially if blood flow is promoted to the corti. For reference I am only 32 years old, so I understand any recording above the 20DB mark is not ideal. The values are for 250, 500, 1k, 2k, 4k and 8k Hz levels LEFT = 10, 5, 15, 20, 25, 20 (air conduction) LEFT = n/a, 10, 10, 20, 25, n/a (bone conduction) RIGHT = 15, 10, 15, 15, 30, 15 (air conduction) So my direct questions are: 1. Is it likely that this level of hearing loss will impact me significantly in my daily social and work (office) life? 2. Is it likely that my hearing loss will not worsen provided I do not expose myself to excessive sounds (excluding any age related hearing loss as I get older)? 3. Are my audiologist's comments that "it may even reverse itself" accurate? 4. How can I best promote blood flow to the ear, and in particular the corti, to potentially help any recover? Many thanks for your help. Kind regards
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Avoid exposure to loud sound, do not overtreat your self.
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I really expect this type of elaborative questions ,good to see it here. Coming to your first que- No, it won't impact now but in longterm it will definitely. Answer to second que-whatever you do hearing loss situation happens to everybody even to audiologists, cause this is an ageing process. Additional points like diabetes, blood pressure fasten this deterioration process. Work on that, use ear protective devices if you r working in noisy situation. Answer to 3rd que- yes ,sometimes it may and in your case its very mild loss in only one frequency in both the ears .if you are using lots of phonecalls use loud speaker instead of traditional close to ear position. Answer to que 4- you can have neurobion forte tab (neurovitiamin tablet) .do not keep in mind the word reverse its jus an ageing process and you have only very mild loss in one frequency. Keep lifestyle healty, avoid noise and yes GOOD LUCK.
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