For people reading this who have suffered some form of hearing loss, do you ever find yourself having to work really hard to understand what’s being said to you or around you? This is a sensation that happens even to people wearing hearing aids, because in order for them to work well you need to […]
Acute external otitis – more commonly known as swimmer’s ear – is an infection that strikes the outer ear canal, the section outside your eardrum. This type of infection was given the name “swimmer’s ear” because it is very often brought on by water remaining in the outer ear following swimming, which provides a moist […]
A number of the problems that cause hearing loss for our patients can’t be reversed which is quite frustrating for our hearing specialists. One of the principal causes of hearing loss, for example, is damage to the tiny hair cells in our inner ears that vibrate in reaction to sounds. Our sense of hearing is […]
Understanding the way we hear is the first step in understanding the numerous reasons for hearing problems and the different forms of hearing loss. Along with the eardrum and the ear canal, the outer ear is the section of the ear on the exterior of the head which receives sounds. The middle ear includes the […]
One of the indicators of high-frequency hearing loss is the inability to hear women’s and children’s voice clearly. Women’s and children’s voices have a higher frequency than men’s voices – 165 to 255 Hz, as opposed to 85 to 180 Hz for men. Additionally, women’s and children’s voices generally have a lower amplitude (meaning, they […]
One topic which is rarely discussed when it comes to hearing loss is how to keep those who have it safe in their homes. Imagine this situation: you’re in your house and a fire breaks out, and like most people today you have smoke detectors to warn you to make sure you and your loved […]
Hearing loss has various forms – it might occur gradually (for example, due to aging) or all of a sudden (due to an injury or trauma). The hearing loss itself can be short-term or permanent, and can vary from mild (having trouble understanding conversations) to severe (complete deafness). A single ear can be affected by […]
Veterans – particularly those who’ve served in conflict zones – have considerably higher percentages of hearing loss than the general public. Considering that 20 percent of the public in the United States has some level of hearing loss, the percentages among veterans are disturbingly high. The most prevalent service-related disabilities among soldiers that served in […]
Based on statistics from the National Institutes of Health, out of every 1,000 children in the United States, 2 to 3 are born deaf or with impaired hearing. Childhood hearing loss may be brought on by developmental abnormalities in the ear, by a middle ear infection called otitis media, by injury or loud noises, or […]
The ability to hear is important to just about all living creatures; even though scientists have found many species of sightless fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals, no deaf vertebrate species have ever been identified. But while hearing is important, animals don’t need ears to hear; vertebrate animals have ears, but invertebrate animals frequently use other […]
