It’s commonly said that hearing loss is a gradual process. It can be quite insidious for this exact reason. Your hearing doesn’t deteriorate in big leaps but rather in tiny steps. So if you’re not watching closely, it can be challenging to keep track of the decrease in your hearing. Because of this, it’s important […]
One way your body delivers information to you is through pain response. It’s an effective method though not a really enjoyable one. When your ears begin to feel the pain of a very loud megaphone next to you, you know damage is taking place and you can take steps to move further away or at […]
If you cut your leg, it heals. Before too long, your stubbed toe will feel better. Even a broken bone will heal if properly set. But what if your hearing is damaged? Does the inner ear heal itself? Can you get your hearing back? Can that healing be helped by homeopathic treatments? What is homeopathic […]
Hearing loss is commonly considered an older person’s problem – in fact, it’s estimated that almost 50% of people aged 75 and older copes with some kind of hearing loss. But studies show that younger individuals are at risk for hearing loss – and, alarmingly, they are losing their hearing in spite of the fact […]
No one’s quite sure what causes Meniere’s disease. But it’s hard to ignore its effects. Some prevalent symptoms of this affliction are vertigo, dizziness, ringing in the ears, and hearing loss. Researchers aren’t really sure why, but for some reason, fluid can build up in the ears and this seems to be the root cause […]
It’s true, hearing loss can catch you by surprise. But there are times when hearing issues suddenly pounce you like a cat instead of sneaking up on you. It could happen like this: you wake up, pull yourself out of bed, and maybe you don’t detect it until you finish showering but your hearing feels…off, […]
Want to show how much you care? Listen to your loved ones, truly listen. That calls for, of course, the ability to hear. Studies reveal millions of people would benefit from wearing hearing aids because one out of three adults between the ages of 65 and 74 have some amount of hearing loss. But only […]
The human body is an awesome, breathtaking, perplexing, confounding piece of work, isn’t it? The human body typically has no difficulty repairing cuts, scrapes, or broken bones (I mean, sure, it takes some time, but your body can actually repair the giant bones in your arms and legs with little more than some time and […]
Researchers at the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) might have cracked the code on one of hearing’s most bewildering mysteries, and the future design of hearing aids may get an overhaul based on their findings. The enduring notion that voices are isolated by neural processing has been debunked by an MIT study. According to […]
For people who have hearing loss, the phrase “music to my ears” may have a whole new meaning. Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the University College London examined the effects of musical activities on hearing loss in children and the results of the study highlighted the effect and benefit obtained by exposing people […]
