Make Sense of Your Audiogram You’ve recently had a hearing test and were diagnosed with hearing loss. You may have been shown a graph with a lot of symbols and were told you need hearing aids. Even though the audiologist explained the graph and results, this can still be an overwhelming process, and it may … Read more
Why Hearing Health Matters for Memory, Focus, and Longevity As the world population grows older and lives longer, the prevalence of both hearing loss and cognitive impairment disorders are also on the rise. Recent studies have not only shown an increase in prevalence, but also a correlation between untreated hearing loss and cognitive impairments such … Read more
Symptoms, Causes and Treatment For most people, hearing loss happens slowly. It will start to decrease gradually over a number of years; hearing decline will happen so slowly that you barely notice, and is most often caused by aging or repeat noise exposure. But what if it happens all at once? What if, one day, … Read more
Bone Anchored Hearing Aid and Implant Solutions What happens if someone has a type of hearing loss that is not helped by a traditional hearing aid or a cochlear implant? The answer: bone conduction. How does a bone conduction solution work? Bone conduction devices are currently made by two manufacturers: Cochlear Americas and Oticon Medical. … Read more
What They Are, How They Work, and What They Look Like What are hearing aids? Hearing aids are programmable, digital devices that can be placed in or behind the ear, in order to amplify sounds according to a person’s individual hearing loss. During a hearing test, thresholds (the very softest someone is able to hear … Read more
Ear wax is a natural secretion in the human ear. Our outer ear canal is lined by skin with hair follicles and different glands. These glands secret a waxy substance, which is called cerumen. This, along with other ear debris like dead skin cells, hair, dust, germs , etc., form the ear wax. Physiologically, it … Read more
Hyperacusis: Definition, Causes, and Treatment What is hyperacusis? Hyperacusis describes a disorder of loudness perception, or sound intolerance. More than typical loudness sensitivity, a person with hyperacusis typically has a perverse reaction to sounds that most people find normal or harmless. Someone with this disorder may perceive certain everyday sounds as painful, unpleasant, or distressing, … Read more
The Persistent Buzz of Tinnitus: Causes, Symptoms, and Solutions Imagine a constant ringing, buzzing, or whooshing sound in your ears that never fades—this is the reality for millions living with tinnitus (tin-nit-us), a condition that turns silence into a relentless noise. Tinnitus is described as the perception of sound – any sound – in your … Read more
Hearing Loss Explained: Types and Causes According to the World Health Organization, 20% of the world’s population (1.5 billion people!) live with hearing loss, and that number is only growing. For most people, hearing loss does not seem like a difficult thing to define; almost anyone you meet knows someone that has a hearing loss, … Read more
Cochlear Implantation Recovery: A Guide to Auditory and Speech Rehabilitation In my previous article, I discussed Cochlear implants as a crucial pathway, for hearing and speech rehabilitation, in those born without a sense of hearing. As this device is placed in the innermost ear, sound signalling to the brain is established. This, however, completes the … Read more
