According to the Mayo Clinic, Ménière's Disease affects the inner ear and causes bouts of vertigo due to fluid that fills the tubes of your inner ear. On top of the dizziness and nausea, flare ups can also cause some loss of hearing in one or both ears and a constant ringing sound. You might not [...]
When it comes to hearing loss and hearing aids, there are a number of questions that people may be hesitant to ask simply because they don't know enough about how hearing works or what options are available to help them hear better. Here we address 8 common questions that you or someone you love may [...]
If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to be more proactive about your health or the health of a loved one, make sure you don’t overlook the importance of hearing on long-term health and happiness. According to Healthy Hearing.com, untreated hearing loss can have a detrimental impact on a person’s physical and emotional health and on [...]
As we think about our health goals for 2018, we wanted to share some things to consider when it comes to the use of medications and their potential impact on our hearing. Below is a terrific overview of what you need to know provided by Hearing Health, an online resource for hearing loss education. Ototoxicity [...]
When you think of hearing loss, diabetes probably isn’t the next thought that comes to mind. There are many other diseases and conditions that are well-known as potential causes of hearing loss: Meniere’s disease, otosclerosis, excessive noise and aging. But research has shown that people with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss, and considering how common diabetes is [...]
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. How many of these facts from Hearing Health Foundation do you know? Fact #1: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is acquired from excessive noise. Studies show that over 30 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job and that nearly 1 in 5 teenagers are [...]
Have you or someone you know ever experienced "double hearing?" It's a troubling form of hearing loss and Healthy Hearing recently provided a good overview of what is known as diplacusis. About Hearing Our auditory system is an amazing, complex mechanism that gathers and processes noise, then translates it into recognizable sound. At any given time, our ears [...]
Prolonged exposure to loud noise alters how the brain processes speech, potentially increasing the difficulty in distinguishing speech sounds, according to neuroscientists at The University of Texas at Dallas. In a paper published in Ear and Hearing, researchers demonstrated for the first time how noise-induced hearing loss affects the brain's recognition of speech sounds. Noise-induced hearing [...]
At Shohet Ear Associates, we have been treating patients with hearing and ear related medical conditions for over 15 years. Recently, we’ve been seeing an increasing number of patients who have purchased hearing aids from online vendors, big box stores or retail chains and are having poor outcomes with their devices. This is primarily because [...]
This September, to celebrate Self-Improvement Month, we wanted to share some tips for proactively managing your hearing health which can serve as a catalyst for other improvements in all areas of your life. Improved health According to research published in the April 2016 issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, less than three percent of Americans meet the basic qualifications [...]