Hearing loss and hearing needs are not uncommon here in the United States (and in many other places all throughout the world, at that), and it is something that can impact a great deal of people, adults and children alike. Hearing loss is caused by a number of different things, and can result from environmental factors as well as from genetic ones. In addition to this, hearing loss can be treated in a number of different ways, from the instruction of sign language to the use of hearing aids to a combination of the two (or a variety of other …