How Can Allergies Affect Your Ears?
Usually, we associate ear discomfort with children, who are prone to infections due to the fact that their Eustachian tubes don’t drain as easily as adults’. However, it’s certainly possible to experience ear discomfort as an adult, and the reason may surprise you. It may be allergies causing your problems. What Is an Allergic Reaction?…
What You Should Know About COVID-19, Allergies and Hearing Loss
Whether you feel a bit unwell, stuffed up or have a mild cough, now is an uneasy time for anyone to come down with symptoms that tie in with COVID-19. It’s important to remember that allergies often come and go regardless of the season. What you’re feeling might be related to plugged up airways from…
How Does Hearing Loss Lead to Depression?
It’s not difficult to understand why hearing loss may lead to depression. When you cannot hear well, it makes communicating with others difficult. When you can’t communicate, you’re not likely to want to go out and interact with others. This causes many people with hearing loss to become socially withdrawn and isolated – well-known risk…
October is Audiology Awareness Month
Hearing loss can be a confusing experience that leaves you feeling discouraged, frustrated and isolated. October is Audiology Awareness Month, which means now is a great time to learn about life changes that can help make for a better tomorrow. Audiologists, including the experts at , can help identify hearing problems and recommend a treatment…
Hearing Loss May Increase Cognitive Defects in Children Who Survive Cancer
Recent research by a team a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has found that childhood cancer survivors who have severe hearing impairment caused by their treatments are at greater risk for neurocognitive deficits. This is true even for children who did not undergo neurotoxic treatment. What Is Ototoxicity? Certain chemicals and medications are known to…
Service Workers Are More Likely to Experience Hearing Loss
New research by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) shows that noise-exposed service workers are at an increased risk of developing hearing loss. This is significant, as the Services sector is the largest sector in U.S. industry. What Constitutes the Services Sector? The Services sector consists of a wide range of services,…
How Fruit Flies Are Helping Scientists Study Hearing Loss
Aging is the number one cause of hearing loss, with one in three people between ages 65 and 74 suffering from the condition. For those over age 75, that number jumps to one in two. Untreated hearing loss has been linked to a number of other problems, including social withdrawal, anxiety, depression and even cognitive…
Is It Safe to Visit Your Audiologist?
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s been a stressful and confusing time when it comes to your medical care. On the one hand, the CDC advises it’s safer to stay home. On the other hand, you still need to access certain services, like hearing care. If you’re on the fence about whether you…
Yardwork Can Damage Your Hearing
The second most common cause of hearing loss (behind aging) is noise exposure. This can be the result of sudden exposure to an extremely loud sound or frequent, ongoing exposure to moderately loud sounds. Summer is the season of yardwork and power tools, and if you’re not careful, you may cause irreversible damage to your…
Are You Ruining Your Hearing?
Hearing loss has a number of causes, including aging and exposure to loud noises. While there may be nothing you can do to prevent the march of time, a few causes are preventable. Below are three surprising causes of hearing loss. Blood Conditions High blood pressure, high cholesterol and even diabetes can affect the cells…