Ayurvedic Treatment of Hearing Loss
About Hearing Loss
When people affected by loss of hearing they feel difficulty in explaining to friends and families. But what exactly are the effects of diminished hearing. Hearing loss is one of the common problem that often develops with age or due to the repeated exposure to loud noises. Hearing loss can be a sudden or gradual decrease in how fine you can hear. Hearing loss is when you can’t hear sound in one or both ears.
Hearing loss can be:
- Mild: Individual can’t hear soft speech and have difficulty in keeping up the conversations in noisy situations.
- Severe: Person is not able to hear you can’t hear soft or moderately loud noises.
- Profound: Person suffering feel very hard of hearing and have to rely mostly on lip-reading, and/or sign language.
There are two general categories of hearing loss.
- Conductive hearing loss – Caused when sound waves are not able to reach the inner ear. It can be restored.
- Sensorineural hearing loss – It is a case when there’s damage to inner ear or auditory nerve.
Causes of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can occur through various reasons or factors:
- Can be home- or work-related.
- Hereditary,
- Aging process.
- Damage to inner ear,
- Earwax Buildup
- Fluid in the middle ear as a result of colds
- Ruptured eardrum
- Structural abnormalities of the outer ear, ear canal, or middle ear
- Head trauma or abrupt change in the air pressure(e.g., during airplane descent)
- Meniere’s disease and meningitis disease
- Physical abnormality of the inner ear
- Tumors
Triggering Factor for Hearing loss
- A blow of loud noise,
- Infections,
- Effects of toxins
- Some injury
- Hereditary
Ayurvedic View
Ayurveda name for Hearing Loss is Karan – Badhiriya. When there is disturbance in vata dosha, sound is not transmitted from the ear to the brain. In some cases vitiated Kapha blocks the pathway of vata because of which vata fails to conduct the sound waves. The hearing ability of the one goes on dropping gradually and may be lost completely.
Symptoms of Hearing Loss
- Feel difficulty in hearing others clearly and error in hearing what they say, in group.
- Difficulty in understanding words, especially if there is background noise or in a crowd of people
- Hearing consonants is tough
- Repeatedly asking others to speak more slowly, clearly and loudly.
- If there is Need to turn high the volume of the television or radio.
- Avoiding some social situations.
- Ringing, roaring, or hissing sounds are heard in the ears, known as tinnitus.
- Feeling as if there is water or pressure in the ear.
Other associated symptoms are:
- Pain in your ear
- Fluid leaking from the ear
- Vertigo – a type of dizziness feeling as though your surroundings are moving or spinning around you
- Headaches
- Children may also suffer from developing their speech and language.
The Goodnews!?
The good news is that Hearing Loss is preventable and reversible, but can only be possible by using holistic approach, the one advocated in Ayurveda that addresses the issues from the very root.
Since ancient times, Ayurveda has defined diseases with their symptoms, causes and healing methods with nature.
If you are having any of the above mentioned symptoms, don’t assume it is Hearing Loss yet without any proper diagnosis because there are other Ear related diseases that comes with the same symptoms. Consult with a Doctor for accurate diagnosis to find out if Hearing Loss is what you are having or any other related disease.
Vine-Health Approach to Hearing Loss
As a holistic health clinic, we take accurate diagnosis very seriously in order to ascertain the root cause of a particular illness. You will be consulted with our doctor to know the type of test or scan to run base on your symptoms to detect exactly the root cause of your issue to ascertain if Hearing Loss is your issue or not to ensure appropriate treatment.
Accurate diagnosis is the key to the treatment of any disease.
We can really help you out of the issue!
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