Mar 9, 2016
When a hearing problem is detected in a newborn, it is important to know whether the problem is in the middle ear, inner ear, or hearing nerve. While subjecting their babies to a battery of follow-up tests that can take months to complete, parents can become...
Mar 2, 2016
According to the CDC, about 36 million Americans report some degree of hearing loss. More than 90 percent of these cases involve damage to “hair cells” in the inner ear, which convert sound waves into nerve signals that are transmitted to the brain. Unfortunately, we...
Feb 24, 2016
The first step to take when hearing loss occurs is to schedule a medical evaluation. On the basis of this exam, the physician can determine whether the hearing impairment is due to an obstruction (conductive loss) or a nerve-related cause (sensorineural loss). A...
Feb 17, 2016
“Tinnitus” (ringing or buzzing in the ears that occurs without an external source) is a symptom of age-related hearing loss and noise-induced hearing loss that affects about one person in five. Twenty percent of chronic tinnitus sufferers report that the condition is...
Feb 10, 2016
Today’s digital hearing instruments sample the sounds in the user’s environment and use that data to continually adjust the sound that the user hears in accordance with his or her hearing loss. Because this all happens instantaneously and automatically, the user does...
Feb 3, 2016
Being a musician has its challenges. From a hearing specialist’s standpoint, musicians must guard against noise-induced hearing loss. The best way for musicians to preserve their hearing is to wear headphones or earplugs so they can modulate the sounds entering their...
