Ear Disorders
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YouTube for Do-It-Yourself Vertigo Treatment?
Posted 9:26 PM 7/23/2012
July 23, 2012 -- Watching self-help videos on the popular Internet site YouTube may help some people with vertigo treat themselves.
A new study found 33 videos showing the Epley maneuver. This maneuver is often used by heath care providers to help those with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV.
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Tinnitus Relief: Therapy Mix Helps Ringing in Ears
Posted 9:54 PM 5/24/2012
May 24, 2012 -- Combining parts of two established treatments for tinnitus in a new way can work, according to new research.
Tinnitus is a persistent ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be debilitating.
Researcher Rilana Cima of Maastricht (More)
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Chew on This: Gum May Prevent Ear Infections
Posted 8:59 PM 11/17/2011
Nov. 17, 2011 -- Middle ear infections are common during early childhood, but the simple strategy of chewing gum with the sweetener xylitol just may be an effective way to help prevent them.
Based on their review of three studies of healthy children from Finland, researchers found that there is "fair evidence" to support the conclusion that kids who chew gum (More)
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Hearing Loss Bugs 1 in 5 Americans
Posted 4:03 PM 11/15/2011
Nov. 15, 2011 -- One in five Americans aged 12 and older has hearing loss that interferes with their ability to communicate, according to new research.
"It's a pretty shocking number," says study researcher Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University. The one in five, or about 48 million, have hearing loss in one or both (More)
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Hearing Loss Bugs 1 in 5 Americans
Posted 4:03 PM 11/15/2011
Nov. 15, 2011 -- One in five Americans aged 12 and older has hearing loss that interferes with their ability to communicate, according to new research.
"It's a pretty shocking number," says study researcher Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University. The one in five, or about 48 million, have hearing loss in one or both (More)
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Swimmer's Ear Costs U.S. Half a Billion Yearly
Posted 9:40 PM 5/19/2011
May 19, 2011 -- Swimmers often regard inflammation of the external ear canal, known as swimmer's ear, as an inevitable, minor nuisance. But a new study finds that the problem adds substantially to health care costs and the number of annual doctor visits.
"For swimmer's ear, there are 2.4 million health care visits and it costs half a billion dollars in health care (More)
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Hearing Loss Is High, but Hearing Aid Use Is Low
Posted 7:50 PM 3/1/2011
March 1, 2011 -- Almost two out of three U.S. adults age 70 or older have significant hearing loss, according to a new study.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say that 63% of 717 participants age 70 and over in their study had hearing loss, ranging from mild to severe.
But while 64% of white people in the study had hearing (More)
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Our expert staff of AudigyCertifiedTM professionals provide services to those from newborn to over a hundred years old. These include basic behavioral tests and sophisticated computerized otoneurological evaluations. When appropriate, the latest digital hearing instruments may be utilized to help compensate for a hearing impairment. For individuals who work in high noise areas, we administer Hearing Conservation Programs in accordance to OSHA guidelines.
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Q&A
Trying to talk on the telephone while wearing my hearing aid is always frustrating. Isn't there anything that can be done?
If you wear a hearing instrument, you may have experienced frustration over the fact that digital wireless telephones often introduce radio frequency (RF) interference that disrupts hearing. Recently, however, there is technology available that eliminates competition between hearing devices and introduces compatibility. There are now hearing aid compatible Bluetooth devices that are designed to send the telephone signal directly through the wearer's own hearing instrument. After that, the signal is customized to the wearer's own type and degree of hearing loss. This connectivity device also links other personal digital devices, such as iPods and personal digital assistants (PDAs), to a hearing instrument. This places people with hearing instruments right in the middle of the digital revolution.
P.S. The latest hearing instruments are virtually indistinguishable from the other personal hearing devices that people are wearing today.
