A ruptured eardrum is a hole or tear in your eardrum, which can result in temporary hearing loss (usually) and make your middle ear more vulnerable to infections or other ear injuries. The eardrum is the thin, drum-like tissue that separates your ear canal from the middle ear.
A ruptured eardrum often heals within a few [...]
The beginning of summer sees an increase in the number of cases of otitis externa, better known as swimmer’s ear. Swimmer’s ear is an inflammation in the external ear canal, and is usually caused by skin inside the ear becoming irritated by water. The ear is then infected by bacteria, and in a few cases, [...]
Noises in the head (tinnitus) bother some people to the point where their life is personally affected. If untreated, tinnitus can lead to irritability, fatigue and even depression. But according to the American Tinnitus Association, a successful solution to treating the symptoms of tinnitus is to wear hearing aids.
A study of 230 hearing care professionals [...]
Our ears are complex sensory organs. They pick up all the sounds around us and then transfer it into sound waves our brains can translate and understand. What makes ears so extraordinary is that the hearing process in general is mechanical and is based solely on physical movement. This compares with our sense of taste, [...]
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