Hearing Loss (Hypacusis): Prevention

To prevent hearing loss, attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.

Behavioral risk factors

  • Stimulant use
    • Tobacco (smoking)
  • Psycho-social situation
    • Psychological stress
    • Stress

In about 70% of cases, there is an idiopathic hearing loss!

Environmental pollution – intoxications (poisonings).

  • Explosion trauma, blast trauma.