Can you have any control on whether you will lose your sense of hearing? There are many causes of deafness and certainly some are preventable. Deafness can vary from mild to severe. Deafness at birth is called congenital deafness and that which occurs after birth is called adventitious deafness. The causes of adventitious deafness are [...]
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Hearing Loss Finally Isn’t Falling on Deaf Ears for iPods and Headphones
Posted on 18. Sep, 2012 by admin.
Rock and Roll music can cause both temporary and permanent damage to the inner ear. Damage may occur from one extremely loud session of exposure to noise or it may occur from sustained exposure to lesser noise levels. Most rock and roll musicians received their hearing damage from either amplified live music or listening to [...]
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You can prevent tinnitus by taking steps and precautions especially if you have bad genetics. It is much easier to prevent tinnitus than it is to cure it. The first step in preventing tinnitus is too avoid exposure to loud noises along with avoiding head and neck trauma. If you know you are going to [...]
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Myth: To clean my ears, only cotton swabs, keys, or my fingers work Truth: Do not put anything in your ear that is smaller than your elbow Many people think that ears must be cleaned like our bodies to remain healthy. While ears do need to be kept clean, they actually clean themselves. How? The [...]
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As I am sitting at my desk, writing this very article, the phone rings. I had just finished referencing some recent medical journal articles (see below) which conclude the worthlessness of, and harm from, treating most childhood ear infections with antibiotics. There is a man on the line inquiring if I can help with his [...]
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There is much more to the ear than appears on the outside of the head. That part, easily visible, if unusually prominent gives a lot of concern. In addition to the external ear, the apparatus for hearing includes the middle ear and the internal ear. The external ear includes the portion that is on the [...]
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Swimmer’s ear is an infection of the ear canal. Men and women of all ages are affected equally, but children and teenagers most frequently develop this type of ear infection. It can be associated with a middle ear infection (otitis media) if the eardrum ruptures. Swimmer’s ear is also known as Otitis externa. Swimming in [...]
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Ear wax exists to protect your ear drums from dust, bacteria, insects, and the tongues of amorous drunks. Normally, there is no need to get rid of it. Ear wax is produced by glands in the ear canal. So long as the ear canal remains a moist, the wax will remain the consistency of a [...]
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An Earache Can Be A Real Pain In The Ear! But ear aches don’t have to be. Ear aches are a common problem for many children. Some children can go through childhood with very few ear aches or none at all. Other children may stay at the doctor’s office with ear aches. In learning how [...]
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Glue Ear is a condition in which fluid accumulates in the middle ear behind the eardrum. It is the most common cause of partial deafness in children and it is estimated that one in four children are affected at some stage in their childhood. It is more common in boys with most being affected between [...]