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What Are Temporary and Permanent Threshold Shifts?
If you’ve ever experienced muffled sounds after being exposed to a loud noise, you’ve experienced a phenomenon known as a threshold shift. Auditory threshold is defined as “the average sound pressure level that is just…
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What Is Selective Hearing?
Selective hearing is the ability of your brain to isolate sound in a noisy environment. You’ve probably engaged in it yourself at a party, which is why it’s also known as ‘The Cocktail Effect.’ How…
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Exploring the Relationship Between Anemia and Hearing Loss
Nearly 15% of American adults have experienced some trouble hearing in the past year. Hearing loss can stem from a variety of causes, including genetics, exposure to loud noises and certain health conditions. There is…
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What to Know About Synesthesia
Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory pathway automatically triggers another, unrelated sensory experience. It’s not a hallucination or disorder but a blending in the brain’s sensory regions. People with synesthesia…
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Types of Hearing Tests
If you’re between the ages of 18 and 65 and you’re exhibiting symptoms of hearing loss, are exposed to loud noises regularly or have a family history of hearing loss, we at recommend scheduling a…
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What To Know About Ototoxicity
Ototoxicity is a side effect of medications or chemicals that results in damage to the inner ear. This damage can create symptoms like hearing loss, ringing in the ears and balance issues. There are ways…
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Causes & Risk Factors for Tinnitus
The term tinnitus describes a phantom ringing, roaring, hissing, whistling, humming, buzzing or other sound in the ear with no external sound source. According to a 2018 study published in the journal Ear and Hearing,…
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What to Know About Musical Ear Syndrome
Musical Ear Syndrome (MES) is a condition in which people hear music, singing or voices when no external source of sound is present. While it may sound like auditory hallucinations associated with mental health disorders,…
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What is Unilateral Hearing Loss?
What is Single Sided Deafness? Sometimes referred to as unilateral hearing loss, single sided deafness is a condition in which an individual experiences hearing loss in only one ear but can hear normally out of…
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What is Sudden Hearing Loss?
For most people who experience hearing loss, the condition comes on gradually over a period of years. In rare cases, an abrupt loss of hearing occurs with little or no warning. This condition is known…