In addition to the natural aging of the auditory system, the causes of deafness in the elderly are usually related to the following factors: genetic factors, atherosclerosis, excessive intake of saturated fatty acids, diabetes, smoking, noise, and ototoxic drugs.
Currently the most commonly used hearing aids are Hearing aid .Hearing aids are effective in treating low-frequency hearing loss.When the hearing loss of the elderly is mainly low frequency, and the hearing loss is about 60 decibels, hearing aids are the first choice for medical treatment.When the hearing loss exceeds 60 decibels, the elderly will develop severe hearing-speech communication barriers, which may lead to larger psychological-emotional abnormalities.In the treatment of deafness in such patients, hearing aids may not be effective, and artificial hearing implants are often required through surgery.
