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Understanding and Protecting Your Hearing
The ability to hear is a gift. It’s something to value and protect. After all, anyone can lose their hearing at any time in life.
While many things outside our control can cause hearing loss, one thing over which we do have some control is noise.
Noise causes hearing loss. Yet, every day you can protect your hearing by keeping down the volume—on smartphones, MP3 players, stereos, televisions, and other audio devices. Also, take care to limit the duration and volume when using earbuds and headphones. When you do know you’ll be around loud noise, wear ear protection. And get into the habit of using your fingers to quickly plug your ears when an unexpected loud sound, like a siren, suddenly bombards you.
Noise threatens our hearing because we hear sound when delicate hair cells in our inner ears vibrate. This creates nerve signals that the brain understands as sound. If we overload these delicate hair cells with exposure to loud noises, we damage them. This results in sensorineural hearing loss and often tinnitus—or “ringing in the ears.” The hair cells that vibrate most quickly—and that allow us to hear higher-frequency sounds like birds singing and children speaking—usually become damaged, dying first.
In addition to excessive noise—from construction, rock music, or gunfire, for example—the main causes of hearing loss are:
- Aging (presbycusis)
- Sudden onset
- Infections (otitis media)
- Injury to the head or ear
- Birth defects or genetics (e.g., otosclerosis)
- Ototoxic reaction to drugs or cancer treatment (e.g., antibiotics, chemotherapy, radiation)
Think you may have a hearing loss? Contact us today and set up an appoitment to be fully tested.
1405 Centerville Road, Suite 5400
Tallahassee, FL 32308 www.tallahasseehearinghelp.com
(850) 877-0101
Your child has a hearing loss.
You’re not alone. Thousands of children receive the same diagnosis every year, and they go on to lead active, happy lives. With early intervention, technology, and professionally trained experts, your child can enjoy the activities and pleasures of growing up, reach his or her potential, and lead a productive, fulfilling life.
A lot can be done to help children with hearing loss – including yours.
We know so much more today about helping children with hearing loss than we ever did. And there are more resources available than ever before.
The key is to get the earliest diagnosis and intervention possible. This helps ensure that your child develops strong speech and language skills without any unnecessary developmental delays.
Early diagnosis and intervention give your child the best chance for strong academic achievement and positive social and emotional development.
Keep in mind: Parents usually suspect a hearing loss before the doctor does. So advocate for your child. Take them to a hearing healthcare professional to have their hearing tested. Pediatric hearing loss treatment can be an important tool in helping your child enjoy an active and fulfilling life.
And remember: Thousands of children in the United States have hearing loss. That’s a lot of parents and grandparents doing all they can to give their children the very best opportunities for achieving success and overcoming their hearing loss. You are not alone.
*Content of this blog was provided from the Better Hearing Institute. Please see http://www.betterhearing.org/hearing-loss-children for more details.
Main Office
1405 Centerville Road, Suite 5400
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 877-0101 www.tallahasseehearinghelp.com
Ten Ways To Recognize Hearing Loss
The following questions will help you determine if you need to have your hearing evaluated by a medical professional:
Do you have a problem hearing over the telephone?
Do you have trouble following the conversation when two or more people are talking at the same time?
Do people complain that you turn the TV volume up too high?
Do you have to strain to understand conversation?
Do you have trouble hearing in a noisy background?
Do you find yourself asking people to repeat themselves?
Do many people you talk to seem to mumble (or not speak clearly)?
Do you misunderstand what others are saying and respond inappropriately?
Do you have trouble understanding the speech of women and children?
Do people get annoyed because you misunderstand what they say?
If you answered “yes” to three or more of these questions, you may want to contact us today for a more in-depth hearing evaluation.
The material on this page is for general information only and is not intended for diagnostic or treatment purposes. A doctor or other health care professional must be consulted for diagnostic information and advice regarding treatment.
Main Office1405 Centerville Road, Suite 5400
Tallahassee, FL 32308 www.tallahasseehearinghelp.com
(850) 877-0101
The Prevalence of Tinnitus in the United States and the Self-Reported Efficacy of Various Treatments
The Better Hearing Institute recently collaborated with the ATA to do the largest survey to date of just how big a problem Tinnitus is in the US. Some of the interested facts we noticed are listed below.
- 13 million people report they have tinnitus but not hearing loss. However, it is widely acknowledged that people with tinnitus almost always have hearing loss. Therefore, it is likely that the hearing loss population is conceivably higher than previously reported.
- The size of the tinnitus population in the United States is nearly 30 million people—or about 10%.
- Subjects who had their hearing aids fit by professionals using comprehensive hearing aid fitting protocols are nearly twice as likely to experience tinnitus relief than respondents fit by hearing care professionals using minimalist hearing aid fitting protocols.
The last statistic is very important to us and is something we pride ourselves on. We take pleasure in hiring and training the most knowledgable Physicians and Doctors of Audiology possible so that you receive the best medical care and treatments options available. Our Audiologists fit state of the art hearing aids using the most comprehensive fitting protocols to ensure we are meeting your hearing needs.To check out the complete survey visit http://www.ata.org/blog-BHI
Also, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding your hearing or tinntius below.
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Main Office
1405 Centerville Road, Suite 5400
Tallahassee, FL 32308 www.tallahasseehearinghelp.com (850) 877-0101
Symptoms of Hearing Loss
Do You Think You Have a Hearing Loss?
Are You Afraid to Know for Sure?
Do You Know Someone Who May Not Admit He or She Has a Hearing Loss?
If you think you or someone you know might have a hearing loss, you are not alone. If you have suspected for a while but just haven’t got around to doing anything about it, that is not unusual. On average, it takes people seven years from the time they think they might have a hearing loss to the time they seek treatment.
If you or somebody you know suffer from some of these symptoms below then reach out for a consultation today.
- Inattentiveness
- Buzzing or ringing in their ears
- Failure to respond to spoken words
- Muffled hearing
- Avoids conversation
- Social isolation
- Persistent ear discomfort after exposure to loud noise (regular and constant listening to electronics at high volumes)
- Constant frustration hearing speech and other sounds
Note ready to reach out? We fully understand.
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Main Office 1405 Centerville Road, Suite 5400
Tallahassee, FL 32308 www.tallahasseehearinghelp.com
(850) 877-0101
Allergies can cause Tinnitus
The American Tinnitus Association (ASA) came out with a great blog article this past week about how Allergies can cause or worsen ones tinnitus symptom’s. This is one of the many reasons why here at Tallahassee Ear Nose and Throat (Tally ENT) our Allergy Doctors work hand in hand with our Audiologists to make sure you are provided with the best care and treatment possible. It is amazing to us just how much allergies can not only affect your whole health system, but also how the human body is so well connected. One of our main core principles at Tally ENT is early diagnosis as well as to equip the public and our patience with the knowledge to help increase prevention.
Check out the complete article from ATA here.
http://www.ata.org/Allergies-and-tinnitus-an-overview
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Main Office
1405 Centerville Road, Suite 5400
Tallahassee, FL 32308 www.tallahasseehearinghelp.com
(850) 877-0101
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