Hearing Loss

 Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home or remotely has gained popularity, with more people than ever shunning the daily commute into the office and working from the comfort of their sofa or home office.  Not only that, but lots of other services – some medical consultations, for example, have been moved …

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 Hearing impairment is a common health problem.  Hearing aids have come a long way in their development but there is still a significant number of people that could benefit from them but they have yet to try them. If you suspect that you have hearing loss, there is a good chance that you do, and …

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 There are several smoking and hearing facts:  Research shows smokers have a 70% greater chance of developing hearing loss compared to nonsmokers. Nonsmokers are twice as likely to develop hearing loss if they live with a smoker. The greater the number of cigarettes smoked, the greater your risk of developing hearing loss. If you work …

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A recent article by Tina Sieber (Sound Guys, 2021) reports on headphones and the relationship they may have with tinnitus. She states in the beginning of her article that both wireless headphones and earbuds are harmless when used responsibly.  What can give rise to tinnitus, however, is hearing loss. The problem with headphones is that people …

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Did your grandma ever mention to you to “never put anything bigger than your elbow in your ears”?  I, like so many of the patients we see every day, was surprised to learn that Q-tips are not meant to be used for ear cleaning. The box actually says “Warning: Do not insert swab into ear canal”, …

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If a spouse, family member or close friend is diagnosed with hearing loss, they will definitely  experience some dramatic changes to their way of life. There are steps you can take in order to help those you care about adjust to their hearing impairment; the most important is learning how to communicate with them in …

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From online dating to online shopping – the question is, what can’t you do on the internet? In this day and age, you can even get a hearing test online. But are these tests really comparable to the care you get in an audiologist’s office? We answer this below. Online hearing tests are simplified versions of …

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Vertigo is one of the most common complaints in medicine, as well as migraines.  Specifically, vertigo, which is the sensation of perceived motion without actually moving, is reported by up to one third of people who have migraines, and general dizziness or unsteadiness is reported by up to three quarters of all patients with migraines. There …

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Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of all hearing losses.  It is the hearing loss which is due to nerve damage or reduced sensitivity of the sensory and the neural parts of the human ear.  There are 9 signs of sensorineural hearing loss.  They are: difficulty following conversations can not understand speech in a …

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