How To Stop Ringing In Your Ears

November 17th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

There are a great many people who are suffering from the condition of tinnitus. There are a number of problems that are believed to be responsible for the condition. It is necessary that you determine what the cause of your hearing problem is before you are able to find a cure.

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Yuu Unitron Hearing Aid Review

August 26th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

For a long time Unitron hearing aids have been regarded as being of superior quality and a highly innovative brand. So it was easily accepted when Unitron Hearing launched the Yuu, which is the initial totally interactive, fully automated hearing device. The Yuu Unitron hearing aids are purposely designed to recognize your requirements and regulate to them automatically so that the user is able to experience perfect hearing no matter what their location is.

The Unitron Hearing Worldwide is basically a custom manufacturing facility that produces uniquely designed hearing aids based on individual orders. This company employs about six hundred people across the globe and has a presence in more than 70 countries and it looks after the manufacturing, marketing, sales and customer services of their products throughout the world.

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Small Hearing Aids

August 22nd, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

There are at least two hearing aid manufacturers claiming to make the smallest hearing aid in the world. The Sonic Adesso is one of these contenders. These hearing aids are designed to be inserted into the ear. They are smaller than the ear canal of an adult woman. They’d probably be pretty tight for a child. Since they are smaller than the ear canal, they are encased in shells to fit your ear snugly.

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Hearing Test 101

July 14th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

A hearing test is a method of evaluating the sensitivity and accuracy of one’s hearing. This is usually done by an audiologist using an audiometer. Audiometers are standard equipment for ENT clinics. They consist of embedded hardware with ear phones or ear plugs and are sometimes controlled by a computer to measure one’s hearing. Audiologists are the only professionals allowed to conduct such a test.Before the actual test proceeds, the audiologist will ask the person that will be undergoing the test about his or her history with hearing impairment. The questions would center on what type of typical noises the person is exposed to regularly, including how loud and how often they occur. The audiologist would aim to find possible causes of the damaged hearing. Questions about past illness should also be expected, as there are a lot of physical disorders that affect hearing loss. Some diseases or illnesses indirectly cause hearing impairment. The audiologist needs to know about these things to come up with a solution that is as accurate as possible.

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Hearing Aids For All

July 7th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

When people start having problems with their hearing, they usually turn to hearing aids for them to hear better. The old days featured what looked like ‘ear horns’ or funnel shaped devices that amplified sounds whenever people needed to listen to something. It was unwieldy but effective.Fortunately breakthroughs in technology have made it possible for us to do away with those the odd-looking device. These days, hearing aids are commonly electronic devices that are worn on the ear like your everyday ear phone. The primary design had a rectangular battery pack that connected to the ear piece with a long wire with the battery pack was usually placed in the user’s pocket. However the microphone used to amplify sounds wasn’t placed very strategically so this design tended to be flawed, often suffering disturbances from the user’s clothing. Later on, they came up with hearing aids that had a small battery inside the actual ear piece.

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Is Your Hearing Loss Caused By Medication

May 27th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Ototoxic medications are medications that are known to cause damage to hearing or can increase an already existing condition. Some hearing loss will be reversed once the medication is discontinued, however, other medications will cause a permanent hearing loss.The amount of hearing loss can be determined by the amount of time one is exposed to the medication that caused the hearing loss. There are some things you should do to help limit your exposure to these drugs. Make sure you let your doctor know if you suffer from any type of nerve type hearing loss. Some drugs can aggravate an already existing condition. Your doctor should be aware of these conditions before he prescribes medications. Ask your doctor of any side effects of new medications before he prescribes them to you. Especially ask if there are any ototoxic effects. Read the labels on over the counter medications to see if there are hearing loss side effects from these medications. And know the warning signs of ototoxicity.

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