1 At age 65, one out of three people has a hearing loss. 2  60 percent of the people with hearing loss are either in the work force or in educational settings.
The Causes of Pneumomediastinum. Pneumomediastinum is the name given to air in the mediastinum. Pneumomediastinum is often caused by injury or disease. It typically results when air leaks from your lungs into your mediastinum. Common causes of pneumomediastinum include: Excessive coughing. Repeated bearing down such as pushing during childbirth.
The condition is caused when an organ in the body pushes through a weakness or gap in the wall of muscle that encases it. An abdominal hernia is caused by the intestines pushing through a weakness in the abdominal wall, creating a bulge.