Understanding Bone Conduction Hearing Loss and Management.
The term Bone Conduction Hearing is being widely used now, whenever we hear this, we understand it by the name the transmission of sound through bones. Let's try to understand the term from a wider perspective on how it works, causes, how it affects the life of individuals, and the solution to it. In the first blog we will be covering an overview of it, but later will go into extensive details. Ear as organ if the hearing is divided into three regions: a) Outer Ear (works as a collector of sound) b) Middle Ear (works as a transmitter of sound) c) Inner Ear (works as a sensor to sounds, changes the sound from acoustic to electric) Normally the sound is collected by Pinna which through the internal auditory canal before transmitting the sound to the eardrum the collective effect of the head, pinna, and the ear canal is that the sounds are amplified by 10 to 15dB in 2000 to 4000Hz region. As the sensitivity to the sound is highest in this frequency region. The eardrum works as a wall...