Understanding the way we hear is the first step in understanding the many reasons for hearing loss and the different types of hearing loss. Including the ear canal and the eardrum, the outer ear is the part of the ear on the exterior of the head which receives sounds. In the middle ear three miniature […]
For anyone who is finding it harder to hear ladies voices or kid’s voices than to hear male voices, it may be an indication that you have experienced some amount of high-frequency hearing loss. Men’s voices tend to fall into the frequency range of 85 to 180 Hz, while ladies’ and kid’s voices have a […]
Tinnitus is unfortunately a prevalent problem, affecting approximately 50 million Americans over the age of 50. Tinnitus causes people who have it to hear constant sounds “in their heads” that people around them can’t hear – buzzing or roaring sounds, high-pitched whistling or ringing, or rapid clicking. Many people “learn to live with” their tinnitus, […]
The hearing problem known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD (also called Auditory Processing Disorder, or APD) is based not on an inability to hear sounds correctly with the ears, but on the brain’s inability to process and interpret these sounds. The person with Central Auditory Processing Disorder hears sounds correctly but something adversely […]
One component of hearing loss that is not often discussed is the basic decrease in safety of people who have experienced it. For example, imagine that a fire breaks out in your home; if you are like most of us you have smoke alarms to sound an alert so that you and your loved ones […]
Hearing loss comes in various forms – it might occur gradually (for example, due to aging) or all of a sudden (as the result of an accident or trauma). Hearing loss may range between mild episodes of not hearing conversations properly to severe periods of being unable to hear at all, and can be either […]
Tinnitus (“TIN-a-tus” or “Tin-EYE-tus”) is the medical term for the sensation of hearing sound in your ears when no external sound is present. In most cases, tinnitus is a subjective noise, meaning only the sufferer can hear it. Typically, suffers describe the sound as “ringing in ears,” though others describe it as hissing, buzzing, whistling, […]
An estimated 20% of all Americans have some form of hearing loss, however, there is one portion of the population in which that percentage is significantly higher – veterans, especially those who have served in war zones. Hearing loss and tinnitus have become the most common service-related disabilities among troops who served in Afghanistan and […]
Hearing loss impacts people of every age. In fact, for every 1,000 babies born, 2 to 3 will be deaf or have some type of hearing impairment according to the National Institutes of Health. During childhood, hearing loss may arise from injury, disease, exposure to loud noises, or physical abnormalities in the ear. Whatever the […]
Were you aware that scientists have yet to find a vertebrate species on Earth which cannot hear? That is in contrast to a considerable number of fishes, amphibians, reptiles and mammals that are sightless. However, doesn’t necessarily require ears to hear. Sounds waves – which are nothing more than vibrations in the air – can […]
