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Many people have experienced the phenomenon of an echo, often while in a large canyon or cave. This phenomenon is called an echo, which has its origins in the Greek ekho, meaning “sound.” So how does an echo occur? In short, the sound waves from your voice bounce off of a surface – for example,
A loss of spatial hearing presents itself as the inability to distinguish spatial cues. For example, if a person suffers from spatial loss of hearing, they would likely be unable to tell where a sound came from. They would also have a difficult time picking one person’s voice out of a crowd. This makes it
Acute external otitis is an infection of the outer ear canal – the portion outside the eardrum. Most people recognize it by its common name – swimmer’s ear. It is termed “swimmer’s ear” because it quite often develops due to liquid staying in the ears after swimming; this creates a damp environment which promotes the
Among the sometimes frustrating things about being a hearing care specialist is that many of the conditions we encounter which have caused our patients to lose their hearing cannot be reversed. For example, one of the most common causes of hearing loss is damage to the tiny, sensitive hair cells that line the inner ear
One of the questions most asked of hearing specialists is, “My hearing aid is broken or is not working as well as it used to – should I have it repaired, or get a new one?” Presented with only that much information, we have to answer truthfully, “Well, that depends.” Picking between repair or replace
For those of you who have suffered some type of hearing impairment, do you ever find yourself having to work very hard to understand what’s being said to you or around you? This experience of having to try to understand people is common even among people who use hearing aids, because the aids must be
In addition to all of them being musicians, what do Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, Ludwig van Beethoven and Brian Wilson have in common? All of these musicians experienced – as a result of playing the music they love – permanent hearing loss. When musicians come to me for treatment, I feel obliged to inform them
A common question from patients pertains to being able to hear in crowded places. When they are talking to people one-on-one, or in small groups of people there is no problem, and they seem to hear just fine. Not so in crowded situations. Whether in large public space outdoors such as a football game or
Hearing aids have not previously always worked effectively with mobile phones, because of electronic interference between the 2 devices that caused static, whizzing or screeching noises, or lost words. Fortunately, advances in technology and new government regulations have made the issue “Will this cell phone work with my hearing aid?” simpler to answer. The regulations
If you’re shopping for your first hearing aid and discovering that the process is challenging, you’re not alone. Consumer Reports published a comparative report on hearing aids after following over a dozen people for six months while purchasing their first hearing aids. Their report was dismaying: two-thirds of the aids purchased ended up being misfitted,
Hearing loss has various forms – it might develop gradually (for example, due to aging) or all of a sudden (due to an injury or trauma). Hearing loss may range between mild instances of not hearing conversations correctly to extreme periods of being unable to hear at all, and can be either permanent or temporary.
One aspect of hearing loss which is rarely addressed is the basic decrease in safety of people who have experienced it. Imagine this situation: you’re at home when a fire breaks out, and like most people today you have smoke alarms installed to warn you so that you and your family can evacuate before the
