Category: Hearing Loss

How Cochlear Implants Can Help Adults With Hearing Loss
Hearing aids are helpful in cases of mild to moderate hearing loss. They aren’t potent in case of severe hearing loss. People who cannot hear and understand speech have the ideal usage of cochlear implants. ‘Centre For Hearing®’, India’s premier hearing care provider, has some information on diagnosing the degree of hearing loss that you…

Can Hearing Loss Lead To Memory Loss?
Hearing loss is a complex issue and affects several facets of life, depending on the degree of it. Many aren’t even aware that they have some degree of hearing loss until it snowballs into something noticeable. Fatigue, social isolation, denial, etc., are some issues arising from untreated hearing loss. Centre for Hearing®, a premier hearing…

What Is the Difference Between an Audiologist and an ENT?
Hearing loss is a daunting condition that poses a threat to overall well-being. To look for experts to help with their situation, people often stumble upon the confusion regarding the difference between an audiologist and an Ear Nose Throat (ENT) doctor. It is common for people to search ‘audiologist near me’ or ‘ENT doctors near…

How Does Smoking Affect Your Hearing?
Among the many known causes of hearing loss, smoking ranks high. Research has demonstrated that exposure to cigarette smoke, either firsthand or indirectly, can have severe consequences for a person’s hearing ability later in life. As recently as January 2022, researchers found that smokers were more likely to experience hearing loss. Research published (in JAMA…

Understanding the Impacts of Untreated Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is a gradually afflicting condition. It is also more prevalent than we might think. According to a WHO estimate seconded by this review article by Indian experts, 6.3% of the entire Indian population suffers from hearing loss. The numbers will increase if more people decide to accept their condition and treat hearing loss.…

What Is Profound Hearing Loss and What Are the Treatment Options for It?
Hearing loss leaves a prolonged negative impact on an individual’s lifestyle. It can also snowball into worsening health conditions leading to stress, depression, social anxiety, and so on. However, the intensity of these problems depends on the degree of hearing loss. There are various levels of hearing loss, and their identification is crucial in treating…

What Is Hyperacusis? Causes, When to Seek Help and Treatment Options
Hyperacusis (pronounced: hi-peh-ruh-q-sis) is a not-so-rare condition of the ear that causes increased sensitivity to otherwise normal sounds. This low sound tolerance can occur in both ears of an affected individual. According to a study published by Wiley library, about 8 to 15% of adults have hyperacusis. People affected with tinnitus (buzzing or ringing in…

What Is Single-Sided Hearing Loss and How to Treat It?
Hearing loss of any form and severity is a challenging experience. While most people with hearing loss suffer from “binaural” hearing loss—a condition when both the ears are affected—some lose hearing in just one of their ears. If group conversations become challenging for you, or it becomes difficult to have a proper conversation with someone…

Did You Know About These 5 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Myths?
By far, the most prevalent and most dangerous myth about hearing loss is that it is caused by either age or genetics, affecting only the elderly or those born with a hearing impairment. Nevertheless, even after this misconception has been dispelled, the general population remains woefully ill-informed about the other, more common cause of hearing…

4 Steps to Fight the Silent Epidemic: Hearing Loss
Are you having to turn your television’s volume higher and higher to hear it over the years? Or, have you started speaking to your ageing parents louder and louder for them to understand what you’re saying? Unfortunately, we tend not to notice these little things, but they are signs of a silent and crippling epidemic:…









