Chapter 10, Problem 3CS

Identify types of hearing impairment and treatment options for each.

Describe two ways in which otitis media can impairhearing permanently.

What is prevalence of hearing loss?

What is the definition for prelingual hearing loss?

Explain the cause of blindness with cataract, acuteglaucoma, detached retina, and damage to the opticchiasm.

What are the causes of hearingimpairment?

Explain how permanent hearing loss is caused by acuteotitis media, chronic otitis media, Ménière’s syndrome, anddamage to the auditory area of the brain.

Describe how the retina may become detached and thepossible effects on vision.

Describe the eye defect that causes color-deficient vision.