| Did you happen to hear the doves cooing outside your | | | | allows physicians to plan interventions and treatments |
| window this evening? Do you like to witness them | | | | early, when they may be more effective. |
| soaring over your head to remind you that summer is | | | | One such test used today involves the cochlear hairs, |
| just about to end? These pleasant sounds as well as | | | | which respond to a loud/soft sound by emitting an |
| many others will be lost to over 50 million people who | | | | otoacoustic wave. The growth and narrowing is |
| are experiencing loss in hearing. Audiologists agree that | | | | something that can be gauged, emitting sound waves |
| frequent use of powerful vacuums, lawn mowers or | | | | that are hard to detect. While little is known about it, |
| leaf blowers can be harmful to your hearing if you | | | | one of the most common hearing issues is the loss of |
| don't also use earplugs in conjunction with these | | | | high frequency sounds that many times come with old |
| activities. | | | | age. Another wide-spread issue is ringing of the ears, |
| The list of harmful events and appliances that | | | | or tinnitus. This can be seen in 50 million Americans and |
| audiologists have determined is bad for our hearing is | | | | goes hand-in-hand with hearing loss in many cases. |
| quite long. Hearing loss brought on by these common | | | | But for most of us, our hearing loss can't be linked to |
| noises affect many Americans with some level of | | | | mother nature. Audiologists have said that most |
| permanent hearing loss and searching for the newest | | | | hearing loss problems are the result of Western |
| hearing aid technology. | | | | culture. At any hearing clinic, you'll find plenty of patients |
| Anyone can lose their hearing. From big business | | | | who are proof that our modern lifestyle can have |
| honcho to rock star to stay at home mom, everyone | | | | serious side effects on our hearing. Work and |
| faces the potential for hearing loss. Actors, actresses, | | | | recreational environments are noisier than ever and |
| sports stars, and even presidents have had to deal | | | | our stereo systems, cars, snowmobiles, farm |
| with it. They all found help for their hearing loss with | | | | equipment, office equipment or even home appliances |
| hearing aids. | | | | such as your vacuum cleaner can have a negative |
| In the U.S., hearing issues are extremely prevalent and | | | | impact on our hearing. |
| dangerous. The most prevalent form of permanent | | | | The first stages of hearing impairment often go by |
| hearing loss is sensorineural, which means that there | | | | undetected. So, how should you test if you are |
| has been nerve damage. Since there are a number of | | | | beginning to suffer from hearing loss? Maybe you've |
| things that cause this, hearing aids have to be used to | | | | noticed that you have difficulty detecting sounds that |
| combat it. There are currently more than one thousand | | | | are higher or lower than normal, or perhaps people |
| models of hearing aids available on the market today | | | | always sound as if they're mumbling rather than |
| with designs ranging from those fitted inside the ear | | | | speaking normally. Do you find yourself tilting your head |
| canal to units featuring microphones. | | | | to one side so you can hear what others are saying |
| Temporary hearing loss is most commonly the result | | | | more clearly? You may try to avoid social functions |
| of an ear infection. This accumulates up a cost of | | | | that are large. The brain and the inner ear share a |
| over one billion dollars each year in treatment for | | | | complicated process in order to help you figure out a |
| children and infants. There are encouraging and | | | | specific sound when in a crowd, and hearing aids can't |
| exciting new advances in newborn testing, says one | | | | do that yet. We go through our lives everyday, |
| otolaryngologist. Generally, hearing tests were | | | | surrounded by sounds, and yet most never stop to |
| administered to young children only after they had | | | | consider this amazing miracle. |
| exhibited signs of hearing loss. Testing during infancy | | | | |