Who is at risk?

Hearing loss depends on the environment. It does not matter if your male or female.

Hearing loss depends on the environment. It does not matter if your male or female.

I have read an article regarding men being at a higher risk for hearing loss. But this could be simply just because of one's job or environmental exposures. There are a higher number of men working in construction which equals loud tractors. There are more men rock and rollers than females which means more damage to their ears through loud music. This is probably where they get their statistics from.

I agree. There are certain things that differentiate us from females. Just like any disease, there are always statistics showing who is at a higher risk for developing that disease.

Not necessarily. It doesn't matter whether you’re female or male. Everyone has the same chance of developing a disease.

No, that is not true. Women have a higher risk of developing heart disease. There are plenty of studies done proving that men and women both have higher susceptibilities to certain diseases.

It does run in the family however. The more relatives who experience some sort of hearing loss, the more likely you will experience hearing loss as well.

The idea of tinnitus running in the family is a scary thought. We have come so far with DNA splicing and having the coice to pick what feature we want our children to have. You would think we would do something with our DNA about hearing loss running in the family. And this is not just limited to hearing loss.

I still believe hearing loss is a result of the environment. Inheritance is only a small factor.

We can alter DNA??

Tinnitus being hereditary is actually not of certainty. It is hopeful to think that geneticists can do something about this inheritance, if that's where it is from; however, a long time ago, people didn't know what to look for as far as a tinnitus gene goes.

I agree with hearing loss not being inhereited but environmental. It just might be a coincidence that you experience hearing loss as well as your family. It could simply be explained by living in the same place or lifestyle habits are the similar such as same noises you hear. Hearing loss is indeed from environmental factors.

Bottom line is there are causes of hearing loss from genetics and some caused by the environment.

Yes we can alter DNA these days. It costs a tremendous amount of money but you have the availability to choose features for your children before they are born whether you want them to be tall or having blue eyes and so on.

Hearing loss can be a result of a lacking immune system. There are several people who develope ear infections but never in turn developed tinnitus.

I have never heard of tinnitus as a result of a weak immune system. There certain causes but I think none of it is related to a weak immune system. I think having a weak immune system may only CONTRIBUTE to the causes of hearing loss but not be the sole cause. I still believe there are facts of inheritance.

There have been studies done with the baby boomer era where they all will be over 65 in the year 2011. They did in fact find that genes from family do play a big role in the inheritance of hearing loss.

Women who take the most common form of hormones have a hearing loss of 10% to 30% more compared to women who do not take hormones.

For several years I've been hearing stories about hormonal changes cause hearing loss. Women who give birth, go through menopause, or have had hysterectomies done report a sudden drop in hearing ability. My wife actually experienced some of this after giving birth to our son.