Anyone who has ever parented small children knows they are prone to ear infections. Ear infections are the most common illness among infants and young children, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which estimates that three of every four kids develops an ear infection before age 4. A vaccine called Prevnar 13 can [...]
A study written up in the February 1 issue of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery reports that children with cochlear implants rate their quality of life as highly as children with normal hearing. It is one of the first studies that looked at children as well as their parents.
There is great news for people suffering from hearing loss: On December 18th, an Advisory Panel of independent ENT experts unanimously recommended that the FDA approve the Esteem®, the first Fully Implantable Hearing Restoration System.The Esteem device had been in the clinical trial stage for over five years. Shohet Ear Associates was one of three [...]
A recent article in USA Today reported on a helpful new resource for people who are considering the purchase of a hearing aid—or whose loved ones are. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just published a primer on Hearing Aids that includes such useful topics as types of hearing aids, benefits and safety issues, and how to [...]
Cochlear implants may be an option for some babies who have been born deaf. We are seeing good results in infants as young as 10 months old who have received cochlear implants. To see news footage compiled by Channels 2 and 9 on one such case, click here. It tells the story of the Wensleys [...]
Consumer Reports recently conducted an exhaustive study on the process of purchasing hearing aids, and concluded that people are better off buying their hearing aids from a medical office headed by an otolaryngologist (an ear, nose, and throat physician) who employs an audiologist to fit and dispense hearing aids. Consumer Reports followed a dozen actual patients for six [...]
Research has shown that a variation in the gene called GJB2 increases a baby’s chance of hearing loss. Learn more here.
Many people are reluctant to acknowledge that their hearing isn’t what it used to be. The prevailing perception seems to be that hearing loss is a sign of old age. That’s an inaccurate assumption. Anyone of any age can experience a loss in hearing due to genetics, illness, injury, progressive ear conditions such as Surfer’s [...]
Like many other health-related products, hearing aids are easy to find and purchase over the Internet. People looking for information on the different styles and technologies available can log on to many different websites to learn about different options. Purchasing hearing aids online is an entirely different matter. The price of the hearing aids may seem [...]
A recent segment on "Good Morning America" spotlighted a new hearing aid technology that is greatly benefiting those patients with moderate hearing loss. Lyric is a totally invisible hearing aid that fits in the ear canal. I have been fitting these devices in my patients for over a year--in fact we were among the first [...]