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13Jul09 Antibiotics For Ear Infections Can Lead to More Ear Infections

Chronic ear infections can sometimes lead to permanent hearing loss. Many treatments of generations past are what have resulted in today’s seniors with scarring and hearing impairments from childhood ailments and resulting remedies. Until recently, doctors aggressively treated ear infections with antibiotics, hoping to lessen the impact of repeat infections or resulting hearing loss. But [...]

29Jun09 Infants and Early Hearing Loss

Study after study confirms what you most likely already knew: that the majority of hearing loss that affects us throughout our lives occurs in our youth. While the actual age cutoff varies based on which study you’re looking at, research seems to concur that about two-thirds of Americans suffer some level of permanent hearing loss [...]