4 Possible Causes of Hearing Loss in Children
By Taylor Weeks Reviewed by Jordan Glicksman, MD, FRCSC, MPH on February 16, 2021 Share on Facebook Email While hearing loss can affect people of any age, some causes of hearing loss are more prevalent in children than in adults.
Hearing loss has many different causes and can range in severity from mild to profound. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, hearing loss can be broadly categorized as either acquired (hearing loss that develops at any point after birth) or congenital (present at birth). Hearing loss can be caused by a number of factors, some of which are more common in children than in adults.