Here’s How You Can Protect Your Hearing While Doing Yardwork
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “An estimated 12.5% of children and adolescents aged 6–19 years (approximately 5.2 million) and 17% of adults aged 20–69 years (approximately 26 million) have suffered permanent damage to their hearing from excessive exposure to noise.” A potential source of noise exposure that could affect your…
Why Do Hearing Loss & Tinnitus Sometimes Occur During Pregnancy?
Pregnancy can be exciting, but the side effects can also be exhausting. In addition to the well-known symptoms such as fatigue, swelling and nausea, you can also experience tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and hearing loss. Tinnitus is especially common, affecting around one in three pregnant women compared to one in 10 women who aren’t…
It’s Important To Seek Treatment For Sudden Hearing Loss Quickly
Most cases of hearing loss come on gradually, progressing over the years. However, if you experience sudden hearing loss while working or out running errands at Countrywood Shopping Center, it’s important to seek medical attention right away to help reduce your risk of permanent hearing damage. What’s It Like To Experience Sudden Hearing Loss? Much…
Three Ways to Make the Most of Dating With Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is a common condition. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), “one in eight people in the United States (or 30 million) aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears.” If you are one of the millions with hearing loss, you may be nervous about how the…
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Intended to Increase Accessibility to Treatment
If you’ve heard of over-the-counter hearing aids, then you may have also heard you don’t need a prescription to purchase them. While they are convenient to buy and often cheaper than the prescription hearing aid alternative, patients will benefit from a licensed medical professional’s oversight. Though they can function as a self-serve option, did you…
Why Do I Get Occasional Bouts of Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is a ringing, roaring, whistling, hissing, humming, buzzing or other sound in the ear with no external source. If you get occasional bouts of tinnitus when taking a stroll through John F. Baldwin Park in the Baldwin Park Neighborhood, you may be experiencing what is known as sudden, brief, unilateral, tapering tinnitus (SBUTT). We…
What Is Aural Rehabilitation?
Not only can treating your hearing loss prevent feelings of loneliness, depression, anxiety, falls and dementia, according to one study published in the journal Trends in Hearing, “Social activity level increased and social participation restriction decreased significantly after hearing aid fitting in the intervention group compared to the control group.” It’s a misconception that all…
Common Issues with Ears & How to Treat Them
Your ears play an important role in your health and quality of life. Because of this, it’s important to care for them. Below we review common issues that can afflict your ears and what treatments will be effective. Hearing Loss Hearing loss is extremely common. In fact, according to the National Institute on Deafness and…
Get into the Spooky Spirit with Your Hearing Aids
Hearing loss has a high prevalence in the United States. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports that two to three of every 1,000 babies in the U.S. is born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears, and one in eight people ages 12 and older has…
Can Glaucoma Increase Your Risk of Tinnitus?
New research has shown that having primary open-angle glaucoma may increase your risk of experiencing tinnitus. What is Tinnitus? Tinnitus is often described as a ringing in the ear. However, some people also experience hissing, buzzing, roaring, sizzling, clicking or other noises in the ear. It can present as an acute symptom that goes away…
