by Hear Virginia | Jul 16, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
America’s fascination with guns is almost unique across the globe; we grew up with television programs and movies about cowboys and police and heroic characters who were all totin’ guns and firing them regularly. Constant encounters with these images is...
by Hear Virginia | Jun 28, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
Acute external otitis is an infection of the outer ear canal – the part outside your eardrum. Virtually all people know it by its common name – swimmer’s ear. This type of infection was named “swimmer’s ear” because it’s very...
by Hear Virginia | Jun 21, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
Sound is a vital part of our world, but like most things, its influence on us depends upon both the quality of the sounds we hear, and the quantity of them. Most of us, for example, take pleasure in listening to music. However, if we are at a concert or are listening...
by Hear Virginia | Jun 14, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
For those of you who’ve suffered some form of hearing impairment, do you ever find yourself having to work very hard to understand what is being said to you or around you? This is a sensation that happens even to those wearing hearing aids, because in order for...
by Hear Virginia | May 30, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
Hearing loss may take a variety of forms and arise as the result of many different causes, and to fully understand them you need to understand the way we hear. Sound enters through the outer ear, which is the portion of the ear on the outside of the head, but also...
by Hear Virginia | May 17, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
Among the sometimes bothersome things about being a hearing specialist is that many of the circumstances we encounter that have caused our patients to lose their hearing can’t be reversed. Damage to the tiny, sensitive hair cells of the inner ear is one of the...
