As the loss increases, the person may then try to hide or deny it. An older person with hearing loss usually has both sensory and conductive hearing loss. A severe or sudden hearing loss usually causes the person to seek help. If the loss is sudden, confusion, fear, and even panic are common. The person's speech becomes loud and slurred.
Most children born deaf also have a disturbance of visual perception.
They are more dependent and less mature emotionally and socially. Reading and writing are learned with more difficulty. The treatment of deafness depends on the cause. Simply removing hardened wax from the ear canal may greatly improve hearing. Hearing aids, amplifying the sound, or lip reading may be useful.