The ears cannot listen to harsh sounds

Your ears should have a health check-up every year. Don't think that you don't need to check if your hearing is good. Routine ear examinations are very important because the doctor will help us test the eardrum, conduct hearing tests, and vestibular function tests. If you feel that your ears cannot hear harsh sounds in your life, you need to be especially careful about this symptom.

The ears cannot hear harsh sounds

Health check-ups are used to understand the health status of the examinee, determine whether there are any abnormal signs based on the examination results, and further analyze the nature of these abnormal signs. Some abnormal signs are physiological variations themselves and can be checked regularly. Some abnormal signs may be risk factors for disease and need to be intervened and corrected through health promotion measures. Some signs are the basis for diagnosis of the disease and need further examination and confirmation.

What are the items in an ear examination?

(1) Ear examination during routine check-ups: The doctor uses professional examination tools to examine the appearance of the ears. Ear examination mainly includes otoscopy, Eustachian tube function test, audiometry, vestibular function test, fistula test and other examinations. Generally, we first observe the size, position, deformity and symmetry of the auricle, and whether the auricle, mastoid and lymph nodes around the ear are swollen, tender and painful.

(2) Genetic testing: Many patients with drug-induced deafness have overdosed on aminoglycoside antibiotics, including gentamicin, streptomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, etc. However, if the patient does not know that he or she is a carrier of a deafness gene mutation, even normal usage may still cause hearing disability. "If we can detect the 'latent' deafness-causing gene through genetic screening at an early stage and pay attention to medication, we can reduce the risk.