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Hearing Loss · · 5 min read
How to Get Rid of Tinnitus With Tinnitus Sound Therapy
Tinnitus sound therapy is an innovative, personalised and effective way to manage the often debilitating symptoms of tinnitus. Rather than masking the noises generated within your ears or trying to distract you, sound therapy filters out the noise, using dynamic treatments that alter how your brain perceives the sounds.
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Ear Protection · · 9 min read
Can Headphones Cause Hearing Loss? Can hearing loss be reversed?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently shared some alarming news. It is thought that 1.1 billion young people are at risk of potentially life-altering hearing loss due to loud noise exposure. Wearing headphones can cause hearing loss, but it's not the headphones themselves that are the problem. It's the volume of the audio that the user is listening to that can lead to hearing damage. WHO defines this noise-induced hearing loss as being caused by either: * Sustained exposure to...
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Ear Protection · · 7 min read
Loud Noise and Ruptured Eardrums: Can a loud noise burst your eardrum?
If you’ve been exposed to extremely loud noise, such as an explosion, or you stood beside massive speakers at a rock concert and now have pain in your ears and difficulty hearing properly, you may be suffering from a ruptured eardrum.
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All Articles · · 8 min read
Do Earplugs cause tinnitus? Earplugs for tinnitus explained
In a modern world where we’ve become more aware, conscientious and proactive about addressing health risks, such as protecting our eyes from over-exposure to direct sunlight, our ears continue to remain almost entirely undefended. Sadly, this is leading to hearing loss caused by long-term exposure to loud noise, as well as conditions such as tinnitus, which is continuing to increase in the UK at an alarming rate.
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All Articles · · 7 min read
The Ultimate Guide on How to Get Rid of Tinnitus
Tinnitus is often described as a low or high-pitch ringing, hissing, roaring, whooshing, buzzing or similar noise in one or both ears. It has no external source, and only the sufferer can hear it. The British Tinnitus Association (BTA) estimates that 1 in 8 (13.2%) people in the UK live with the condition.
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All Articles · · 4 min read
Hearing Loss and Dementia: What Is the Link?
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.
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All Articles · · 9 min read
Do Hearing Aids Help Tinnitus? Tinnitus Masking Explained
Tinnitus can be incredibly frustrating and hard to get rid of, but hearing aids that mask the unwanted noise may help cancel it out. Do Hearing Aids Help Tinnitus? Tinnitus Masking ExplainedThere’s no doubt about it — tinnitus can drive you crazy. The persistent ringing or buzzing in your ears can interfere with your life and take away that peace of mind you once had as the noise continues, even when you’re relaxing in a quiet place and trying to unwind. It’s something millions of people in...
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Hearing Loss · · 6 min read
Expert Guide: How to Prevent Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is exceptionally common. Around 5% of the world’s total population has severe and disabling hearing loss. In the UK alone, 12 million people suffer from hearing loss, which is roughly one in six.
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Hearing Loss · · 5 min read
How Does Hearing Loss Affect Daily Life?
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.
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Ear Protection · · 4 min read
Is there a test for tinnitus?
Exposure to many kinds of loud noises can damage the delicate parts of the ear responsible for hearing and cause hearing loss that’s temporary or even permanent. It can also lead to tinnitus, that ringing or buzzing sound in one or both ears that many people are unfortunately familiar with; it’s not actually a sound from the outside world at all, but it is frequently annoying if not infuriating.
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Ear Protection · · 6 min read
How to Clean Your Ears Without Using Cotton Buds
The body produces earwax, also known as cerumen, to collect and trap dirt and bacteria in your ear. As a self-cleaning agent, removing earwax from your ear isn’t necessary. Inserting a cotton swab or any other object into your ear risks damaging the eardrum or ear canal.
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Hearing Loss · · 5 min read
6 Early Signs of Hearing Loss In Adults to Be Aware Of
Our health becomes a little more complicated as we get older. Changes are gradual, like differences in physical appearance down to eyesight and hearing loss. These changes rarely happen overnight, and the beginnings of an age-related hearing problem can be subtle.
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