Thank you again for all that you do to make the Fondren's Zippity Doo DahÂ® Weekend a success for the sick and injured children of Mississippi through the Batson Children's Hospital AND beyond, via membership in the Children's Miracle Network!
Hearing loss, also known as hearing impairment, is a partial or total inability to hear. A deaf person has little to no hearing. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children hearing problems can affect the ability to learn spoken language and in adults it can cause work related difficulties. In some people, particularly older people, hearing loss can result in loneliness.
Those with moderate deafness have difficulty following speech without a hearing aid. The severely deaf rely primarily on lip-reading, even with a hearing aid. Profoundly deaf people may communicate by lip-reading, and Sign Language may be their first or preferred language.