The canals of our ears are covered with hair follicles as well as glands that produce an oily wax known as cerumen, or ear wax. This wax coats the inner surface of the ear canal and helps to protect it by attracting and collecting alien particles like dust and dirt, bacteria, and various microorganisms. Another […]
If you’ve previously attended a modern rock concert and found yourself saying, “That music is way too darned loud,” it does not necessarily indicate that you’re getting old. This reaction could be your body’s means of informing you that you are at risk of hearing impairment. If, after you have left the event, and for […]
Eat more carrots for good eye sight, is probably something most of us were told as young children. But what about foods that are good for ears? Did anyone ever tell you about those? We can finally tell our kids what to eat for good hearing and ears; advice that’s probably prudent for us to […]
Properly diagnosing Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD, is hard for a number of reasons. The problem is not because the child can’t hear words and phrases being directed at them, but because their brains have an inability to process the words and grasp them, which means that standard hearing tests do not always detect […]
Having problems hearing? The most typical cause of temporary hearing loss is an accumulation of ear wax in the ear canal. If you are relatively confident that ear wax is the cause of your short-term hearing loss, you most likely want to clean your ears. The real question is how to do this safely, and […]
The eardrum is necessary for hearing because it senses sound waves and communicates the vibrations to the brain, but in addition it acts as a barrier to seal off the inner ear and keep it clear of infection. Your inner ear is basically a safe, sterile environment when your eardrum is undamaged, but if it […]
Patients with vertigo mistakenly experience movement (often a spinning motion) in their environment. Sensations of vertigo can disrupt your balance and lead to falls that can be critical in the elderly; vertigo can also be accompanied by dizziness, sensations of spinning in space, and more infrequently, nausea, vomiting, migraine headaches, visual abnormalities such as nystagmus, […]
Do you find yourself concerned about hearing loss from excessive noise levels on the job? Extreme noise levels are one of the most frequent causes of hearing damage. Thinking about your ability to hear is a natural reaction for anyone working in a high-noise occupation.Approximately 30 million workers risk unsafe noise exposure at work according […]
America’s affinity for guns is almost unique across the globe; we were raised with television programs and movies about police and cowboys and heroic characters who were all carrying guns and shooting them constantly. The impression left by these visuals was definitely potent, because the US still has millions of gun owners who shoot them […]
One of the things you can look forward to if you have children is that sooner or later they are going to ask you to buy them some headphones to work with their gaming systems, music players and computers. Headphones are able to markedly increase kid’s experience with these entertainment and learning multimedia, but there […]
