Types Of Deafness
This hearing loss is the most common. Caused by exposure to loud noises often damaging your inner ear.
Noise Induced Hearing Loss
A service ____ to help guide with the ability to communicate with their owner.
A hearing dog/ aid.
_____ can cause hearing loss through factors passed down through family genes.
Hereditary/ Genetic Factors
This actor known for his portrayal as the Hulk in movies like Avengers Endgame and Thor Ragnarok lost his 70-80% hearing in his left side.
Mark Ruffalo (Unilateral)
This popular horror movie with John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, and Emily Blunt gives an insight into a family of 4 surviving in a world where every sound loud enough can get them killed.
A Quiet Place (2018)
(Fun fact Simmonds Is Completely Deaf)
This type of hearing loss occurs when sound can't reach your inner ear due to infections or blockages. Irreversibal.
Conductive Hearing Loss
_____ procedures to go in remove earwax or fix your damaged internal nerves.
Surgical/Cleaning
_______ can impact hearing by pressing on nerves and muscles in the ear.
Tumors
This Stranger Things star with mind powers has complete hearing loss in her right ear
Millie Bobby Brown (Unilateral)
This Marvel TV show starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld revolves around a bow wielding Avenger turned mentor while battling hearing loss caused by the battle at the end of Avengers Endgame.
Hawkeye (2021)
This kind of hearing loss is caused by damage to the inner ear or auditory nerve(s). Often permanent but can be reversed if minor.
Sensorinerual Hearing
The universal language of communicating through hand signals and gestures across the deaf community.
Sign Language
This cause of hearing loss comes with getting older.
Age Related
This creator of electricity dealt with severe hearing loss and total hearing loss in his ears.
Thomas Edison (Conductive)
This Oscar award winner starring Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon is about a deaf and mute girl who falls in love with a strange creature in the lab she cleans at.
The Shape of Water (2017)
Hearing loss only in one ear.
Unilateral Hearing Loss
Tools and devices that allow individuals to hear and understand in various environments.
ALDs (Assistive Learning Devices)
Excessive ______ can cause hearing loss due to blockages and illnesses.
Wax buildup/ Infections
DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTION
This NFL fullback spent parts of 5 seasons with the Seahwaks, Falcons, and Cardinals and is the first deaf NFL player.
Derrick Coleman (Sensorinerual)
This horror movie starring Kate Seigel revolves around a young deaf and mute writer seeking a quiet life in the woods being watched and taunted by a stalker.
Hush (2016)
One of the most common forms of hearing loss caused by old age. Affecting frequency intake to the lobe.
Presbycusis
DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTIOJN
A surgically implanted device including a microphone, processor, and a transmitter that work electrically by stimulating the auditory nerve.
Cochlear Implant
Certain remedies can cause this kind of hearing loss issue.
Ototoxic Medications
This moody gym teacher in Glee has hearing loss in one of her ears
Jane Lynch (Unilateral)
This Oscar Award winner starring Ansel Elgort and Jon Hamm is about a young getaway driver who uses his soundtrack of amazing music to be the best at his craft. He must face terror in the face of a heist gone wrong and risk his hearing.
Baby Driver (2017)