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A new world of sounds
A3
A4
Accessories, Senso Vita
Acoustic trauma
Advice for first-time hearing aid users
AIKIA models
Alarm systems
Amplifier
Analog hearing aids
A-series models
Assistive listening devices
Attaching the MicroLink receiver
Audiogram
Autogenic training
Automatic Feedback Manager
B1
B11
B12
B1X
B2
B2-CIC
B2X
B32
Batteries - sizes
Battery lifetime
Battery, changing the
Behind-the-ear hearing aids
Body habits, 10 good
Bravissimo Features
Bravissimo Models
Bravo models
BXP
Cathryn's new hearing aid
Changing the battery - behind-the-ear hearing aid
Changing the battery - completely-in-canal hearing aid
Changing the battery - in-the-ear hearing aid
Cleaning the earmould
ClearBand
Cochlea
Colleague of a person with hearing loss
Communication problems
Completely-in-canal hearing aids
Conductive hearing loss
Connecting TelCom
Corporate social responsibility
Decibel (dB)
Dee's story
Depression
Digital hearing aids
Directional microphones
Discarding batteries
Disclaimer
Do not drop your hearing aids
Do not expose your hearing aids to extreme heat
Do not get your hearing aids wet
Do not put the battery in your mouth
Do not try to take hearing aids apart
Do not use a hair dryer og hairspray while wearing hearing aids
Drying kit
Dual Integrated Signal Processing
Dynamic range
Ear wax
Earmould, the
Ear-set solutions for BTE hearing aids
Emma's story
Eustachian tube, the
Evolution of digital technology
Facts about Widex
Facts on hearing impairment
Fatigue
Feedback
FM systems
FreeSound system
Frequency
Getting used to new sounds
Guilt
Hair cells
Hearing
Hearing aid
Hearing aid care tips for children
Hearing aid components
Hearing aid fitting
Hearing aid, colours
Hearing aid, placement in/on the ear
Hearing aids, both ears
Hearing loss
Hearing loss at work
Hearing loss in a relationship
Hearing loss resulted in poor marks in dictation
Hearing tactics for people with hearing loss
Hearing tactics for people with normal hearing
Hearing test
Hearing tests for children
Hearing tests for children
Hearing threshold level
Hearing, a tour of the ear
Hearing, test your
Hypnosis
Impression of the ear
In the wrong town
Inner ear
Inteo models
In-the-ear hearing aids
Isolation
ISP
Job in our production department
Keep your hearing aids away from dogs
Keep your hearing aids in a safe place when not in use
Known causes of hearing loss and deafness
Listening programs
Listening work
Loop systems
Loud music and a forced smile
Low battery indicator
Magnificent hearing aids
Maintaining behind-the-ear hearing aids
Maintaining completely-in-canal hearing aids
Maintaining in-the-ear hearing aids
Maintaining your hearing aid
Management, the
MicroLink, listening situations
Middle ear
Middle ear infection
Milestones
Muscular tension
My pretty earmoulds impressed the boys
My shift from an analog to a digital hearing aid
My stay at the hospital
Myths about hearing loss
Occlusion
One word is enough
Only clean with a clean, dry cloth
Operating behind-the-ear hearing aids
Operating completely-in-canal hearing aids
Operating in-the-ear hearing aids
Operating your hearing aid
Organ of Corti
Otosclerosis
Outer ear
Paul's story
Power napping
Presbyacusis
Privacy Policy
Psychologist
RECD
Relaxation exercise
Remote control
School checklist
SCOLAhear
SCOLOAtalk
SD-19
SD-9
SD-X
Self-help group
Sensitivity to sound
Senso C18+
Senso C19+
Senso C8+
Senso C9+
Senso CIC+
Senso CX+
Senso Diva élan™ features.
Senso Diva models
Senso P models
Senso P37
Senso P38
Senso P7
Senso P7X
Senso P8
Senso P8X
Senso P-CIC
Senso Vita élan features
Senso Vita models
Senso Vita special features
Senso Vita SV-9è
Senso+ models
Sensogram
Sensorineural hearing loss
Shame
Signs of hearing loss
Simon's story
SmartSpeak
Social aspects
Sound
Sound intensity
Sound Technology
SoundControl system
SoundFocus system
SoundSelector System
SoundShape System, the
Sources of noise
Speech intelligibility
Steeply sloping hearing losses
Stigma
Stories for people with hearing aids
Stories from hearing-impaired
Storing batteries
SV-19
SV-38
SV-9
SV-CIC
SV-X
SV-XP
Telecoil
Tell an adult as soon as your hearing aid sounds different
Terms of use
Testimonials
Testing the battery
The most significant event in my life
These "gadgets" in my ears
Tinnitus
Understanding the audiogram
Visualisation
Visualisation exercise
Volume control
Wax guard (CeruSTOP)
When I learned about Senso
Widex distributor
Widex encyclopedia
Widex encyclopedia guide
You only hear when you want to
Related Subjects:
Conductive hearing loss
Hearing loss
Otosclerosis
Presbyacusis
Sensorineural hearing loss
Steeply sloping hearing losses
Tinnitus
Steeply sloping hearing losses
Steeply sloping hearing losses are also referred to as ski-slope hearing losses due to the very characteristic curve such a loss has on an audiogram. Hearing ability is normal at low frequencies but decreases dramatically at high frequencies.
A typical audiogram for steeply sloping hearing losses, where hearing is normal until frequencies of 1,000 Hz and then falls steeply.
Steeply sloping hearing losses are of the sensorineural type, which is the result of damaged hair cells in the cochlea.
Causes of steeply sloping hearing losses
Long-term exposure to loud sound (e.g. noisy work)
Temporary and very loud sounds (e.g. an explosion or a gunshot)
Lack of oxygen at birth
Hereditary disorder
Certain rare virus infections
Side effect of certain types of strong medicine
Characteristic signs of steeply sloping hearing losses
In addition to the inability to perceive sounds in the high frequencies, people with steeply sloping hearing losses often have a reduced tolerance to loud, high-frequency sounds (sensitivity to sound).
Treatment
It is not until recent years that it has been possible to treat steeply sloping hearing losses with hearing aids.
Hearing protectors offer some protection against acoustic trauma and consequent-ly against steeply sloping hearing losses.
SEE ALSO:
Sensorineural hearing loss
Hair cells
Cochlea
Acoustic trauma
Sensitivity to sound
Frequency
