Hearing loss takes away one of the primary means we use to communicate
Because hearing loss limits or takes away one of the primary means we use to communicate, hearing loss has the potential to complicate many of the other side effects of brain damage, mainly cognitive and social problems. The feedback can be caused by having the volume too loud or the fit of your earmold is too loose. Background noise will be picked up by the hearing aid and amplified for you. Getting used to wear an earmold might be a challenge for you. Other types of membrane damage may cause hearing loss as well as dizziness (vertigo) and nausea. The inner ear is made up of a series of delicate membranes, which can easily rupture during a head trauma. Before you know it, you’ll find it hard to not wear your hearing aids and wonder how you managed before getting them. Your hearing aid will soon become your best friend. Since many hearing problems cannot even be detected by the patient himself after the TBI, it is recommended that anyone suffering a traumatic brain injury be evaluated by an audiologist, even if nothing appears to be wrong with the victim’s hearing.