Alka Yagnik reveals rare hearing loss, doctor advises keeping headphone volume below 60 dB
Playback singer Alka Yagnik has been diagnosed with rare sensory hearing loss. The singer took to Instagram to warn her fans about his rare disorder.?¡°To all my fans, friends, followers and well wishers. A few weeks ago, as I walked out of a flight, I suddenly felt I was not able to hear anything. Having mustered some courage in the weeks following the episode, I want to break my silence now for all my friends and well wishers who have been asking me why I¡¯m missing in action. It has been diagnosed by my doctors as a rare sensory neural nerve hearing loss, due to a viral attack,¡± she wrote.
?Alka Yagnik, who has sung popular songs like, 'Aaye ho meri zindagi me', 'Ankhiya Milaau kabhi ankhiya churau' further wrote,?¡°For my fans and young colleagues, I would add a word of caution regarding exposure to very loud music and headphones.¡±
According to Dr. Minal Singh, Senior Consultant at Jaypee Hospital, Noida, "Alka Yagnik could have been?exposed to loud noise, environment. Speaking more about the hearing loss, Dr. Minal says, "Cochlea inside inner ear has tiny hair called stereocilia. These convert vibrations from sound waves into neural signals that auditory nerve carries to brain. Exposure to loud noise especially above 85 decibel can cause SNHL. Hearing loss is experienced only after 50. if stereocilia gets damaged. Severity varies from mild to moderate to severe."
"The biggest takeaway from Alkya Yagnik's hearing loss is to always keep your head phone volume below 60 for 60 minutes and wear ear plugs on exposure to loud sounds", Doctor Minal concludes.
