Ear damage

Cause of damage Symptoms Treatment

The ear can get blocked Cause temporary The doctor can wash it out
by wax deafness, because and cure the deafness.
the ear drum cannot
vibrate
Accidents or a loud bang Pain in the ear This may repair itself (ear
can damage the ear drum drum is the only part of the ear
that can repair itself).
The middle ear can get Causes a lot of pain The doctor can prescribe
infected and you may get a antibiotics, which can treat
runny ear. the infection.
As people get older the This stops the Old people can get hearing
tiny bones in the ear can vibrations from aids.
fuse (join) together becoming bigger, and
causes hearing loss.
Sometimes when people The messages are No cure for this.
get older the nerve cells not sent to the
in the cochlea do not brain. This causes
work well. hearing loss.
The cochlea can be Cause impaired The cochlea cannot be
affected by loud noise. hearing or tinnitus repaired, so there is no
(ringing noise in the cure for this.
ears)