Causes of Hearing Loss Being deaf is a handicap that afflicts millions of people around the world every year. Hearing loss can result from any number of afflictions that can affect the outer, middle, or inner ear. The range of hearing loss can also vary from mild to severe. The ear is made up of the outer, middle and inner ear. The outer ear consists of the auricle, the external auditory canal and the lobe. …showed first 75 words of 2169 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2169 total…nd treating hearing disorders, while other have helped to improve the quality of life for the deaf today through deaf culture. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Books Lucente, Frank. Essentials of Otolaryngology. New York: Raven Press, 1997. Turkington, Carol. The Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders. New York: Fact on File, 1992. Internet National Association for the Deaf www.nad.org Deaf.com www.deaf.com www.deafworldweb.com Infomedical Dictionary http://home.ipoline.com/~guoli/med/puto.htm