Hearing Health Blog & Guides

If you've been living with tinnitus for any length of time, you've probably heard some version of the same sentence: "There's no cure, I'm afraid. You'll just have to learn to live with it." Maybe it came from your GP. Maybe your ENT specialist said it after a five-minute chat. Either way, it tends to leave people with more questions than answers.

We hear it all the time: "There's no cure for tinnitus, so what exactly are you offering?" It's a fair question, and one we get asked constantly, often by people who've been living with tinnitus for years and have simply been told to "learn to live with it."

Most tinnitus advice comes from an audiology background alone, and understandably so. But tinnitus isn't just a hearing problem. At its core, it's a sound problem, an internal one, generated somewhere in the ear or the brain. And understanding sound itself, how it's produced, mixed, filtered and manipulated, has turned out to be just as important as understanding hearing when it comes to treating it effectively.

If you've got tinnitus, one of the first questions worth asking isn't "how do I get rid of this?", it's "where is this actually coming from?" Tinnitus isn't a sound arriving from the outside world. It's generated internally, somewhere within the ear itself, and pinning down exactly where is the first real step towards treating it properly rather than just living alongside it.

There's nothing quite like matchday. The smell of the grass, the roar of the crowd, the collective intake of breath as a ball curls toward the top corner. For millions of fans across the UK, watching football live at the ground is one of life's great pleasures.

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. And honestly? I had to look that up. Did you know the observance dates back to 1927, when ASHA (the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) began promoting a hearing and speech awareness campaign? Nearly a 100 years of awareness and somehow I still have to explain why I need you to face me when you talk. Well, we keep going.

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about seasons. Not just the weather kind, although April is doing its usual thing with rain, a bit of sun, some cold, and everything in between. But the kind of seasons that reflect growth. The ones that quietly remind you that change is happening, even when it does not feel like it.

Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.

Table of Contents Common Reasons for Clogged Ears That Don’t Self-Correct Clogged Ears and Buildups of Ear Wax Ear Infections and a Feeling of Clogged Ears Eustachian Tube Blockages and Clogged Ears High Altitudes and Their Connection With Clogged Ears What do our Audiologists say? How to Treat Ears That Have Been Clogged for a Few Days When to Book a Hearing Check Due to Clogged Ears Ears usually feel clogged due to a buildup of ear wax, although you can also experience a se

Hearing a vibration-type noise in your ear normally means your ears are working hard to protect the delicate inner workings of your ears from damage, but a sound that is persistent and doesn’t go away could indicate any number of issues, from infections and ear wax blockages to tinnitus. It is normal to occasionally hear slightly unusual sounds, most often described as rumbling, but if this happens regularly, is annoying or irritating, doesn’t stop, or becomes progressively

Table of Contents What should I do? Itching Inside Your Ears: Quick Facts Common Causes of an Itch Inside Your Ear Alternative Reasons Behind Itching Inside Your Ears Finding the Causes and Treating the Underlying Reasons for Inner-Ear Itching Treatment Options and Therapies to Relieve Itching Ears Specialist Hearing Checks and Guidance to Resolve Itchy Ears How can we help? A persistent and ongoing itching inside your ears can be distracting and even embarrassing when you ar

Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.

Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.

Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.

Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.

Healthy hearing is vital to living a fulfilling life, and even mild hearing loss has been scientifically proven to increase cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Hearing loss can make one feel isolated from friends and family and less likely to participate in social activities. It can begin as a minor problem but have severe consequences later on.

Whooshing sounds in your ear, similar to the wind, can be disconcerting. Whether you hear these noises continuously or from time to time, in one ear or both, or most intensely in certain environments, a thorough hearing test is the best way to determine the root cause. In some cases, a wind sound in the ear can be easily resolved by treating blockages, infections, and damage to the inner ear.

Are you constantly finding that your ear feels blocked? Feeling like your ears are blocked from time to time is perfectly normal. For example, you might have a sensation of full ears after swimming, flying, waking in the morning, or taking a shower or bath—a natural response to water in the ears or changes in pressure. However, ongoing sensations of blocked ears can make it hard to hear properly, disrupt your ability to chat or watch TV, and cause a real problem where sounds

Noticing that a loved one, especially a parent, is beginning to lose their hearing. They may not even be aware of the issue which lead to a stressful, complex and emotional situation. It is common for Dads of a certain age (and all older adults for that matter) to experience age-related hearing loss, and while this can be well-managed, telling a parent that they don't seem to be able to hear conversations or have turned up the TV to an incredibly high volume is tough. Our a

Hearing an echo that seems to come from within your ears without any obvious explanation can be concerning. Some clients report that it feels like they have a cotton wool ball within one or both ears, whereas others experience a sensation similar to that when travelling on a plane. There are potentially many causes of an echo sound in the ear, but seeking help promptly and scheduling a professional evaluation of your hearing and ear health with your nearest Regain Hearing cl