Hearing loss is a common problem and can happen to anyone so it is important that the people with hearing loss are treated normally in society. It is simply an inability to hear some sounds or no sounds.  Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. This can be caused by many factors such […]...

1.Taking care of hearing is always important.          Hearing is one of the most important abilities of human beings. Taking care of hearing is always important as it may get damaged with exposure to loud noise, bacterial infections, diseases or other conditions. It has become a social stigma th...

In India, around 63 million (6.3%) people suffering from some kind of hearing loss. Also, 4 in every 1000 children suffer from severe to profound hearing loss. People mainly think exposure to loud noise and aging as a cause of it. But, recent findings state that aging and exposure is loud noise a...

You may know that very loud noises can damages hearing, but did you know that sounds from everyday living can also responsible for hearing loss? These sounds are at your own home. It is shocking that there are noises in our own home that damages our hearing ability. It’s a fact that exposure to a...

In medical terms, earwax is known as cerumen. Basically, earwax(cerumen) is a gray, orange, red or yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals. Earwax consist of shed skin cells, hair and the secretions of the ceruminous and sebaceous glands of the outside ear c...

BERA (Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry) test is an otoneurological test that examines brain function and auditory function in response to the sound stimulus. Later, only the interpretation and the testing of the result is carried out by the audiology specialist in Otorhinolaryngology. BERA te...

In botany, the fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperm) formed from the ovary after flowering. Fresh fruits are generally high in fiber, vitamins, and water. Regular consumption of fruits is associated with the functional declines related to aging and reduced risk of s...

An audiometry test is simply a process to plot one’s ability to hear the sound on an audiogram. But to understand this we need to understand what sound is. Imagine, sound as the waves that hit your ear. These waves are of different magnitude and different frequency according to the modulation in ...

Would you be able to envision a period when a hearing loss would be usual? When would it be more pervasive than not in a social setting? When would it be the new general situation? Given statistic patterns, we might be quickly moving toward such a period. Three critical elements drive this – (1) ...

Sudden hearing loss – or sudden sensorineural hearing loss – is characterized as a loss more than 30dB of every three frequencies, happening over time of fewer than three days. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) might be seen after stimulating early in the day or multiple finished hours or...