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Category Archives: Hearing Health

How to reverse hearing loss

Our senses keep us in touch with reality. They are our gateway to the outside world and are essential to our experience of reality. Take one of our senses away or even just diminish its quality, and suddenly, the world is not the same anymore. Over 35 million adults in the U.S. suffer from meaningful ...click here to read more

Tinnitus treatment: Finger drumming technique, Alexander technique, and relaxation technique for tinnitus relief

Tinnitus is a sensation where you experience hearing and buzzing in the ears. It’s often the result of an underlying condition or side effect of a medication. It’s also caused by age-related hearing loss, ear injury, or a circulatory problem. While ringing in the ears is not harmful, it can be a very irritating symptom. ...click here to read more

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New therapies treat hearing loss

The 21st century used to seem like an incredible and distant future. It was something you would read about in science fiction books. Now that we live in an era where much of that fantasy has become a reality, we can appreciate the technological leap we have taken in less than half a century. We ...click here to read more

Relapsing polychondritis: Causes, symptoms, and how to treat it

Relapsing polychondritis is an autoimmune disorder that presents with non-specific symptoms affecting the neck, nose, throat, and ears. The disease is rare and primarily involves cartilage tissue becoming inflamed. Any tissue that contains cartilage is at risk of being affected by this condition. The eyes, blood vessels, and heart have cartilage in them, making them ...click here to read more

Can your hearing loss be cured?

One of our body’s most amazing qualities (and there are plenty of them, that’s for sure) is the interconnectedness of different systems and structures, even when they’re seemingly unrelated. A change in one part of the body can trigger a whole cascade of reactions somewhere else. An ailment affecting one area can put you at ...click here to read more

Hearing loss update: Temporary, noise-induced, and otosclerosis hearing loss

Hearing loss can be the result of a multitude of factors from common noise-induced hearing loss to the more uncommon otosclerosis hearing loss. It is estimated that 20 percent of Americans, which accounts for nearly 48 million people, will report some degree of hearing loss in our lifetime. More importantly, one in three individuals over ...click here to read more

Surprising cause of hearing loss

Hearing loss is often associated with deafness or a total inability to hear, but in most cases, people with hearing loss are not deaf—they can hear some sounds, but not all or not in all settings. Hearing is very subtle; we take the auditory aspect of our existence for granted, and even if we cover ...click here to read more