Hearing loss is common with age, affecting as many as seven in ten adults by the age of 70. If age-related hearing loss, also known as presbycusis, is impacting your life, you may wonder if it can be reversed or what treatment options are available. We caught up with an audiologist to get all the answers to the most common questions about age-related hearing loss.

What is age-related hearing loss?

But first, what exactly is age-related hearing loss, and why does it happen? "Age-related hearing loss is the cumulative effect of everyday noises that cause us to gradually lose our hearing as we get older. As we age, the hair-like cells in our inner ear that are key for passing sound information to our brain become damaged, and hearing loss occurs because these hairs can’t regenerate. This

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