Presbycusis is quite simply defined as age related hearing loss. It is a Greek word that stands for “elder hearing”. Being a direct result of the ageing process, it was actually found to be very common amongst senior citizens. It can be type of hearing loss known as sensor neural hearing loss which is “a nerve deafness” or it can also be a less common type of hearing loss known as conduction hearing loss that differs from the sensor neural type due to that fact that it is actually a mechanically defected part of the ear that transmits sound waves that enter from the outer ear. After the sounds of just everyday life in the outside world enter the ear through what is known as the auditory canal, they travel to the ear drum that should transmit the sound to a snail shaped tube that is located in the inner ear called the Cochlea, but because of conduction hearing loss, the damaged mechanical system won’t allow all of the sound waves to reach the cochlea, a very important part of the ear that…show more content… Men are more likely to have this hearing loss than women. The hearing also ages faster when throughout a person’s life that person has been exposed to a lot of loud noises. Music, farm equipment, dance clubs… it really doesn’t matter. It is all loud noise and the aging of the hearing has been found to take effect at as early as the age of 18. The amount of exposure to the loud sounds is what makes all the difference. As the aging continues to progress, hearing all of those high tones and pitches will worsen, this will infact impact one’s speech perception depending on how bad the condition is, and one’s communication partner. Unfortunately, the presbycusis tends to affect both of the ears, not just one or the