Margaret Lou Kempson Tatterson, age 87 of Leoma, Tennessee passed away Friday, April 7, 2017 at NHC Healthcare of Lawrenceburg in Lawrenceburg, TN. She was a native of Ohio, a homemaker and a member of Leoma Baptist Church.
Read more about noise and hearing loss. Hearing loss may also occur as a result of disease, infections or drugs. It may be inherited or be a result of physical damage to the ears or serious injuries to the head.
Causes, Risk Factors, and Characteristics. 1  Genes are responsible for hearing loss among 50% to 60% of children with hearing loss. 2  Infections during pregnancy in the mother, other environmental causes, and complications after birth are responsible for hearing loss among almost 30% of babies with hearing loss.