September 24, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Eat more carrots for good vision, is probably a bit of advice most of us were told as kids. Chances are that you were not given any similar recommendations about which foods were beneficial to your hearing or ears. Nowadays we can tell our children what things to eat for healthy hearing and ears, and […]
September 17, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
One of the most prevalent reasons for short-term hearing loss is a build up of ear wax, which obstructs the ear canal and interferes with hearing. If you are reasonably confident that ear wax is the resource for your short-term hearing loss, you probably want to clean your ears. Having said that, you must clean […]
September 10, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Central Auditory Processing Disorder, abbreviated CAPD, is a challenging condition to diagnose properly for many good reasons. The condition is not because the children can’t hear words being directed at them, but because their brains are unable to interpret the words and comprehend them, which implies that standard hearing tests don’t always detect CAPD. Furthermore, […]
August 29, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Vertigo – a perception of movement where the person or the person’s surroundings appear to whirl dizzily – is, typically an undesirable event. Vertigo feelings can disrupt balance and contribute to falls that can be dangerous among older adults; it can also be accompanied by dizziness, sensations of spinning in space, and more rarely, nausea, […]
August 15, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Could excessively noisy conditions on the job be affecting your hearing? Hearing loss has many underlying causes, but the most prevalent continues to be noise-induced hearing loss. Thinking about your ability to hear is a normal response for anyone employed in a high-noise profession.The Centers for Disease Control reports that 30 million workers are subjected […]
August 8, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
The eardrum performs two extremely important functions: clearly, it vibrates when it senses sound waves, but additionally it functions as a barrier to safeguard the inner ear from infections. Whenever your eardrum is intact, your inner ear is basically a sterile and protected place; however when it has been perforated or torn, harmful bacteria may […]
July 29, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
When you have kids, sooner or later they will ask you to buy them headphones to use with their music players, computers, and gaming systems. And there are reasons for this, because headphones can enhance the experience of these media, but there are specific characteristics you should look for when you buy. Proper fit is […]
July 22, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
Sadly, the “speech banana” isn’t a super fruit that improves hearing or is a reference to that old comic skit that goes, “Speak up…I can’t hear you…I’ve got a banana in my ear.” The thing that the “speech banana” refers to is a special pattern found in the results of an audiogram, which is a […]
July 15, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
America has a robust history of gun use, based somewhat on the TV and movies we knew as a kids, which contained pictures of cowboys and policemen firing guns almost constantly. These visuals appear to have made a lasting impression, because many millions still enjoy shooting guns, either at firing ranges or while hunting. The […]
June 28, 2013 | McDonald Audiology & Hearing Health Care
For those of you who have suffered some form of hearing loss, do you ever find yourself having to work very hard to understand what is being said to you or around you? This sensation of having to try to understand people is common even among people who wear hearing aids, because the aids must […]
