[聽力保健] 患有聽力損失的徵兆

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本篇文章原文網址：http://www.hearing.com.au/signs-hearing-loss/

If you think you are having difficulty hearing clearly, you are not alone—as one in six Australians has a hearing loss.

如果你覺得你很難聽的清楚，你並不是唯一一人，在澳洲，六個人中就有一個有聽力損失。

Some early warning signs of hearing loss are:

1.You can hear but not understand.

2.You find it harder to hear in noisy situations with groups of people.
3.You have difficulty understanding people unless they are facing you.
4.You think people mumble.
5.You don’t always hear the doorbell or the phone.
6.You need to turn the TV up louder than other people.

聽力損失的早期徵兆有

1.你可以聽得到聲音但聽不懂

2.你可以發現在一群人吵雜的環境下很難聽得清楚

3.除非你面對面跟人說話，否則很難聽得清楚別人的話語

4.你覺得別人在喃喃自語

5.你偶爾會聽不到門鈴聲或電話聲

6.你會比別人多需要將電視的聲音轉大聲

Hearing loss means that some sounds can’t be heard. Other effects of hearing loss that can interfere with listening and communication include loud sounds causing discomfort (reduced dynamic range); particular speech sounds being inaudible (for example, high-pitched sounds like ‘s’ or ‘f’); and difficulty hearing when there is background noise (difficulty separating sounds). It may also be hard to tell where sounds are coming from.

聽損代表有些聲音聽不到了。聽力損失伴隨的其他影響是在聽大聲時會不舒適(耳朵的動態範圍下降)；又或者特別是有些語音聽不到(如高頻音's'或'f')；或者很難在有背景噪音的環境下聽到聲音(聲音分離度能力變差)；並且變得難以分辨聲音從哪邊來。

Why is it important to look after your hearing?
A hearing problem can affect your ability to fully enjoy life and result in embarrassment or loss of confidence socially due to difficulties with conversation. It can also leave you at risk of missing important warning sounds, such as traffic or smoke alarms.

為什麼照顧你的聽力是如此重要?
聽力損失會使你無法享受完好生活，會因為與人對談困難爾導致尷尬會喪失信心。聽力損失可能使你暴露在聽不到警示聲的危險下，如鳴笛聲或煙霧警報器。

If you think you, or a loved one, is experiencing hearing loss, the first step is to have a hearing check. Getting your hearing checked is a simple way to learn more about your hearing and what can be done to help.

如果你或你的親人有聽力損失，第一步應該先去做聽力檢查。做聽力檢查能夠知道更多自己的聽力狀況並想辦法去補救。

It’s painless, takes less than 15 minutes and measures what sounds you can and cannot hear.

作聽力檢查是無痛的。只需要15分鐘就能夠量測出哪些聲音是你聽不到的。

資料來源
http://www.hearing.com.au/

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[聽力保健] 如何幫助你病人的聽力

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本篇文章原文網址：http://www.hearing.com.au/health-professionals-patients-hearing/

Health professionals:Your patient's hearing (FEBRUARY,16,2014)

Australian Hearing works with pharmacies, general practitioners, social groups and aged care providers to promote good hearing health. We want to ensure that free hearing checks are readily available to all Australians.Our hearing check program offers a convenient way for the community to check their hearing.

澳洲聽力中心對藥局、普遍的開業醫師、社群團體及老年照護團體來宣導聽力保健。我們想確認所有澳洲名眾都已經可以做免費的聽力檢查了。我們的聽力檢查可以簡單提供社群民眾來檢查自己的聽力。

A hearing check takes just 5 minutes to complete and measures what sounds a patient can and can’t hear. If the results indicate the patient might have a loss of hearing, patients are referred for further full assessment with an audiologist.

聽力檢查只需要五分鐘就可完成，能夠量測病患哪些聲音聽得到或聽不到。如果結果顯示病人可能患有聽損，則必須由聽力師做進一步的聽力評估。

Australian Hearing provides subsidised hearing services for eligible people, including pensioners and most veterans, under the Australian Government Hearing Services Program.

在澳州政府聽力福址政策下，澳洲聽力中心將提供聽力服務給符合補貼資格的人，如領有老人年金的人或大部分的退役軍人

Services covered under the program include a hearing assessment and the cost of a hearing device if required, plus fittings and contributions to maintenance and repair of hearing devices.

在聽力福址政策中，聽力服務項目包括聽力評估及助聽器的費用補助，外加助聽器的選配、保固和維修相關聽力輔具。

How to refer your patient to Australian Hearing   如何將您的病患提交給澳洲聽力中心

Eligible people require a Voucher from the Office of Hearing Services (OHS) to receive subsidised hearing services and hearing devices. All new Voucher applications need to be authorised by a doctor.

符合資格的人需要先從OHS申請憑證來獲得聽力服務及補助助聽器的費用。所有新的憑證都必須由醫師來認可。

Once you have provided your patient with a signed Medical Certificate form, they will need to contact their local Australian Hearing centre to arrange an appointment. T

當你提交您病患已簽核過的醫院認證表格後，他們需要聯繫住家當地的聽力中心來安排會診。

Australian Hearing will submit the medical certificate, on behalf of your patient, so they can receive an online Voucher for hearing services. The online Voucher will replace the current paper Voucher.Your patient will need to provide Australian Hearing with their signed Medical Certificate form.

澳洲聽力中心會代表你的病人提出就醫證明。如此他們就可以獲得在網路上的認證。網路憑單將會取代現有的紙本憑單。妳的病人將會需要提供澳洲聽力公司已簽核過的就醫證明。

  

資料來源
http://www.hearing.com.au/

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[聽力保健] 造成澳洲人聽力損失的原因

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Causes of hearing loss in Australia  (DECEMBER 22,2013)

IN ABOUT HEARING The most significant cause of hearing loss—according to Access Economics, around 37 per cent of all cases—in Australia is exposure to excessive noise

Hearing loss can also be acquired  through illness, accident, exposure to certain drugs and chemicals, or as part of the normal ageing process.

在澳洲，根據Access Economics的調查，大約37%的聽力損失患者是因為暴露在高噪音環境下所。除了高噪音會導致聽損外，疾病、意外傷害或使用毒品、藥品都可能會導致聽力損失。

Loud noise can cause irreversible hearing damage, as it harms the delicate hearing mechanism within the inner ear.

Damage to hearing due to noise exposure is cumulative. This means the higher the noise level and the longer your exposure, the greater the harm, making it even more important to protect your hearing.

過大的噪音會傷害微巧的內耳結構，所造成的聽力損失是永遠無法復原的。暴露在噪音底下對耳朵造成的傷害是累加的。當耳朵暴露在越高的噪音環境下，且待的時間越長，就更容易對耳朵造成傷害。因此，懂得愛惜與保護自己的耳朵是很重要的。

Many of your daily activities won’t harm your hearing, but some activities can start to cause damage after only a short time. For example,vacuuming, at around 65 decibels (dB), is unlikely  to damage hearing, but listening to a portable music player at 94 dB for one hour can start to cause damage.

The level of noise at a nightclub, at 100 dB, can be as loud or louder than a chainsaw and this can damage your hearing after just 15 minutes’ exposure. Louder sounds, such as a jet plane or gunfire, both of which are more than 110 dB, can cause damage in just one minute.

我們大部分的日常活動是不會對聽力造成傷害的，但有些活動僅需要極短的時間就會對耳朵造成傷害。舉例來說，使用吸塵器時音量大約65分貝，不會影響聽力；然而，聆聽撥出音量高達94分貝的隨身聽長達一小時則會造成聽力損失；夜店的噪音量與使用電鋸的聲音高達100分貝，僅僅需要15分鐘就會造成聽力損失了；至於噴射機起飛或槍枝打靶的聲音都超過了110分貝，只需要一分鐘就會使聽力遭受傷害。

In Australia, between nine and 12 children per 10,000 live births will be born with a moderate or greater hearing loss in both ears. Around another 23 children per 10,000 will acquire a hearing impairment that requires hearing aids by the age of 17 through accident, illness or other causes. Each year, Australian Hearing fits around 2000 children with hearing aids for the first time.

在澳洲，每1萬個新生兒就有9~12個是雙耳重度聽損，另外有23個兒童在成長到十七歲的期間，會因為意外、疾病或其他因素而導致聽力受損需要配戴助聽器。每年，澳洲聽力中心大約替2000個兒童選配他們第一台助聽器。

Otitis media, also known as middle ear infection, is a common childhood complaint often associated with temporary or fluctuating hearing loss. This in turn can affect a child’s learning, language development and behaviour. Although it is usually easily treatable, the incidence of otitis media is significantly higher among Indigenous children, for whom it represents a serious health and educational problem.

中耳炎是家喻戶曉的疾病，乃由中耳感染導致，通常會伴隨暫時性的聽力損失，這會影響小孩的聽力、語言和行為發展。雖然中耳炎容易治癒，卻仍然普遍存在比較偏鄉落後地區的兒童。這也顯示出當地健康教育的落後問題。

The incidence of hearing loss increases as we get older. It’s a part of the natural ageing process, with over half the population aged between 60 and 70 having a hearing loss. This increases to more than 70 per cent of those over the age of 70, and 80 per cent of those over the age of 80.

我們隨著年紀增長，聽力損失的機率也會增加。這是人體器官自然老化的過程，而約在60~70歲的人口有超過一半的人患有聽力損失。˙70歲以上的老年人中有70%患有聽力損失，80歲以上的老年人有聽力損失的人則超過80%。

War veterans are likely to suffer from hearing problems due to damage from noise exposure during their service. Hearing is the second most common medical condition reported by Australian war veterans and war widows, with 55 per cent reporting hearing loss as a current medical condition.

退役軍人在服役期間容易暴露在噪音環境下而導致聽力有問題。報導顯示，在澳洲，聽力問題是退役軍人第二常見的醫療疾病，約有55%的退役軍人有聽力損失的狀況。

Over half of Australia’s farmers are likely to suffer from premature  hearing loss through occupational noise exposure from agricultural machinery, tools and pigs in sheds at feeding time. Almost all farmers over the age of 55 who have been exposed to loud noise suffer some degree of hearing loss. However, only 18 per cent of farmers wear hearing protection while working with heavy machinery.

在澳洲，有超過一半的農夫因為長期暴露在農耕機具或吵鬧的豬寮下餵食引起的噪音，容易在年紀很輕時就患有聽力損失。超過55歲的農夫幾乎都患有聽力損失，然而只有約18%的農夫在操作高噪音的農耕機具時會配戴聽力護具。

資料來源
http://www.hearing.com.au/