Home > Medical > Hearing management > FAQs Updated 07 December 2017 What are the things that can cause hearing loss in later life? There are multiple causes of hearing loss in later life. These include viral and bacterial infections such as meningitis, drug toxicity, excessive noise exposure or ear infections. 0 Ruslan Guzov There are multiple causes of hearing loss in later life. These include viral and bacterial infections such as meningitis, drug toxicity, excessive noise exposure, middle ear infection, head trauma and ear infections. Read Health24’s Comments Policy Comment on this story 0 comments Comments have been closed for this article. Logout Comment 0 characters remaining Share on Facebook Loading comments... Ask the Expert Hearing Expert Minette Lister graduated with a Bachelor of Communication Pathology (Audiology) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville in 2015. Thereafter, she completed her compulsory year of community service at Phoenix Assessment and Therapy Centre in Durban. In 2017, Minette started working for Thompson and Hoffman Audiology Inc. She is passionate about working with children and adults to diagnose and manage hearing loss using state of the art technology. Minette offers hearing screening programmes for newborn and high-risk babies, as well as school-aged children, in order to decrease the incidence of late or unidentified hearing loss. Ask a question Questions posted to Hearing Expert questions answered by the expert Q: I slipped and fell on my side posted on 01/07/2019 Q: Stabbing pain behind or within ear(s) posted on 27/06/2019 Q: Do women even date a hearing impaired man? posted on 14/06/2019 Q: Mild hearing loss and ringing possibly barotrauma. posted on 05/06/2019 Q: Chronic Ear Pain posted on 24/05/2019 Q: Hearing Loss posted on 16/05/2019 Q: suising in R oor posted on 16/05/2019 Q: hearing loss posted on 15/05/2019 Q: Earplugs soldiers wear making them deaf? posted on 14/05/2019 Q: Should I go for my flight or not? posted on 13/05/2019 Q: Jobs for good hearing? posted on 11/05/2019 Q: Tinitus posted on 07/05/2019 Q: Which disease causes deafness in adults? posted on 01/05/2019 Q: Humming sounds in ear posted on 11/04/2019 Q: Leaking ear posted on 30/03/2019 load more × Still have a question? Get free advice from our panel of experts Your question More detail Your name (optional) The information provided does not constitute a diagnosis of your condition. You should consult a medical practitioner or other appropriate health care professional for a physical exmanication, diagnosis and formal advice. Health24 and the expert accept no responsibility or liability for any damage or personal harm you may suffer resulting from making use of this content. I agree * You must accept our condition To prevent spam please solve this simple math problem: Forum Rules
0 Ruslan Guzov There are multiple causes of hearing loss in later life. These include viral and bacterial infections such as meningitis, drug toxicity, excessive noise exposure, middle ear infection, head trauma and ear infections.