{"id":13698,"date":"2017-09-10T07:37:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T07:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacersordo.com\/?page_id=13698"},"modified":"2018-01-19T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T10:57:11","slug":"que-es-la-sordera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nacersordo.com\/en\/que-es-la-sordera\/","title":{"rendered":"What is deafness?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ear of a child with deafness with an intra implant<\/p><\/div>\n

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What is deafness?<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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It is said that someone suffers from hearing loss or deafness when they are not able to hear as well as a person whose sense of hearing is normal (hearing threshold in both ears equal to or greater than 25 dB). The hearing loss can be mild, moderate, severe or profound or complete, it can affect one or both ears and it causes difficulties to hear, for example, a conversation or loud sounds. People who are hard of hearing are people whose hearing loss is between mild and severe. They usually communicate through the word and can use hearing aids and other devices<\/a> or tools, such as subtitles, to help. For people with more severe hearing loss, cochlear implants<\/a> may be useful and other resources such as sign language<\/a> may be useful.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The causes of hearing loss and deafness can be broadly divided into congenital and acquired.<\/span><\/p>\n