What Is the Mumps Virus?
9. Deafness
Our ability to hear is thanks to some very specialized organs that help to detect soundwaves passing through the air. The organs that receive these airwaves then send the information to the brain, which then translates it into what we experience as sound. Humans don’t have the best hearing of the animal kingdom, but it is still effective at giving us what we need.
Such is the delicacy of our hearing organs that they can be damaged by an infection if it was serious enough. One example of this is mumps, and it can cause hearing loss in the more severe cases. In some cases, it will even cause the patient to lose their hearing permanently, although this is very rare.
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