Hearing Blog

How to best clean your ears may seem obvious. Most people use a cotton swab but this is an ineffective way! Rather than removing earwax, using a cotton swab can push it further into your ear which can lead to health issues.  What is Earwax? Earwax, a waxy oil like substance, is organically produced by the body. It is a combination of the secretions by sweat glands and the dead skin cells, dirt, dust, hair...

Those who currently have ear infections or those who had them as a child will understand how painful they can be. Although the common term “ear infection” has a wide range of clinical diagnoses, what they have in common is an experience of debilitating pain. Fortunately, most ear infections can be cured easily enough, allowing that pain to be relieved before too long. For children and adults alike, avoiding ear infections is a top priority....

You may have heard the saying “Two heads are better than one.” Well, so are two hearing aids. Bilateral hearing loss is the loss of hearing in both ears. In this case, two hearing aids are recommended. Hearing loss affects thousands of people around the world. For each person, it happened differently. It either came on gradually or was a sudden change that occurred overnight. Some may have listened to their headphones at too high...

We all know that hearing loss affects many seniors. In fact, roughly half of seniors over the age of 75 have hearing loss. You also know that loud noises can damage hearing, and noise induced hearing loss causes hearing loss among adults, teens, and even children. However, there are a few surprising links to hearing loss that you might not know, and losing your hearing could happen in ways you weren’t expecting.   Pain Killers...