Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears suggests that there is a wrong way, and indeed, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is widespread, and it breaches the very… Read More
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears suggests that there is a wrong way, and indeed, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is widespread, and it breaches the very… Read More
It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an inescapable problem linked with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s constant use of iPods. But the numbers reveal that the larger problem may be exposure to… Read More
The maxim “you get what you pay for” is certainly true of hearing aids, and while the latest hearing aids are designed to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly inexpensive, either. Fortunately, modern digital hearing aids, while not… Read More
Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from tinnitus, which is the perception of sound where no outside sound source exists. This phantom sound is normally perceived as a ringing sound, but can also materialize as a buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, or… Read More
The World Health Organization reports that 1.1 billion individuals are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss, caused by exposure to intense sound levels from personal mp3 devices and very loud settings such as nightclubs, bars, concerts, and sporting events. An… Read More
If we seriously want to understand hearing loss, we have to understand both the physical side, which makes hearing progressively more difficult, and the psychological side, which includes the lesser-known emotional reactions to the loss of hearing. In conjunction, the… Read More
Many people are surprised to hear how young the field of audiology actually is, and how recently its founding father founded the profession. To put this in perspective, if you desired to find the founding father of biology, for example,… Read More
When it’s time to buy a car, the majority of us know exactly what to do. We carry out some research, evaluate options, and compile a list of questions to ask the dealership. We do this so that by the… Read More
You’ve probably been told that today’s hearing aids are “not your father’s hearing aids,” or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes… Read More
At times, it seems like we love to mislead ourselves. Wikipedia has an entry called “List of common misconceptions” that includes hundreds of widely-held but false beliefs. Yes, I understand it’s Wikipedia, but take a look at the bottom of… Read More