Posts Tagged ‘conductive hearing loss’

Can Earwax be Harmful to your Hearing?

There’s nothing appetizing about earwax.

No poems about how clogged and greasy thine lover’s ear is. No movies about how fascinating and dynamic it is. There is not a single-hour long television drama where the primary plot is driven by anything having remotely to do with earwax.

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Unilateral Hearing Loss

Hearing loss can be difficult to bear at first, no matter its causes. As mentioned in a previous post about hearing loss, there are many different forms. One common form is Unilateral Hearing Loss also known as Single-Sided Deafness, which is deafness in only one ear.
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October is National Audiology Awareness Month

In 2008, the American Academy of Audiology introduced October as National Audiology Awareness month.
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Deafness: what are the different types of hearing loss?

Often, people discuss hearing loss without specifying which kind they mean. The reality is that there is no one form of hearing loss which can be associated with all forms of deafness. Rather, there are a variety of ways in which people can lose hearing, which affects how their quality of life will be affected, what the ideal treatment is, and how they can most effectively respond to the situation. The four most common types of hearing loss are:

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