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Deafness Disability Tax Credit
What is Deafness?
Symptoms of a hearing impairment vary from mild, moderate, or severe. A mild impairment is when the person has trouble understanding speech when there is a lot of noise in the environment. Moderate deafness is when the person may require a hearing aid, while severely deaf is when they resort to lip-reading to understand others who are speaking to them.
What Causes Deafness or Hearing Loss?
Diseases which can cause deafness include chicken pox, meningitis, syphilis, Lyme disease, and arthritis. Conductive hearing loss is when vibrations do not pass to the inner ear, whereas sensorineural hearing loss is when the inner ear is not functioning properly and there has been damage to the hair cells of the cochlea.
Signs & Symptoms of Deafness
Symptoms of hearing impairments include pain, dizziness, or ringing of the ears. Some people are born with this while others are injured due to an accident or an illness. It can also be caused by a buildup of earwax which can gradually weaken hearing over time.
How to Diagnose Deafness or Hearing Loss?
To diagnose a hearing loss you must undergo a physical examination by your doctor. They will check your ear with an otoscope which has a light at the end. This can detect a blockage in the ear, a collapsed ear drum, an ear infection, or fluid in the ear.
Treatments for Deafness
Treatments include hearing aids which help to amplify sounds. Hearing aids can be behind the ear, in the ear canal, or held against the mastoid bone. Cochlear implants can be inserted externally or internally which help those who have hair cell damage in the cochlea.
Eligibility Criteria for Disability Tax Credit for Deafness
To be eligible for this tax credit, a person must be impaired for over the period of one full year. They can also be eligible if they have difficulty in one of the following daily life activities. For hearing impairments the patient must be either unable to hear or it takes them 3 times longer to hear someone.
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