Communication at Work – May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
Navigating your work environment with hearing loss can be challenging. A reduced ability to hear can strain communication which makes engaging with the people you work with difficult on a daily basis. This can be especially tough if you are part of a team, interface...
A Link Between Sore Throats & Neck Pain
Doctors agree that there is a close link between sore throats and neck pain. The throat and neck are intertwined, and pain in the muscles of the neck can affect the throat. In the same way, a swelling in the throat, or a sore throat, can affect the neck, and cause...
What Causes Clogged or Ringing Ears
Clogged or ringing ears can be caused by several factors, such as a buildup of earwax or an ear infection. Sometimes clogged or ringing ears can be temporary, but certain conditions can lead to permanent ringing in the ears, as well as hearing loss. Impacted Earwax...
Hearing Loss & Vertigo: All About Meniere’s Disease
While many people have hearing loss or tinnitus caused by aging, or by exposure to very loud environmental noise, hearing loss can also be caused by Meniere’s disease. This disease, named after the French doctor who discovered the illness in the 1800s, causes pain in...
Ear Candles: Effective or Dangerous?
Earwax is a sticky, unpleasant, but vital substance in our ears. It helps to trap debris and protects your ear canal from growing bacteria. But if you don’t regularly clean your ears, or if your ears contain just a lot of wax, it may build up and block your ear...
Ear Infections & Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can come from several different causes, including aging, injury, exposure to noise, illness, or even passed down from your parents. Those factors affect the auditory nerve, creating the most common type of hearing loss we call sensorineural hearing loss....
Top Tips for Earwax Removal
Otherwise known as cerumen, earwax consists of cells of the oil, blood, dirt, and dead skin. This sticky paste is just the right consistency to trap microscopic particles and bacteria which might otherwise find their way into the ear canal, causing inflammation or...
All about Obstructive Sleep Apena
You may be wondering what exactly is obstructive sleep apnea, is it is something you might be experiencing and how serious is it? Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that occurs when breathing is repeatedly interrupted during sleep for brief amounts of time....