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Otosclerosis seems to be an inherited problem that is triggered by a viral illness, perhaps the measles virus. While otosclerosis tends to run in families, most blood relatives are free of the disorder. The abnormal bone growth dampens the vibrations of the stapes bone, causing a hearing loss. The hearing loss type ...
We offer all three manufacture choices along with ongoing support and mapping of all three systems. The cochlear implant is an electronic device that provides sound information to individuals that have a sensorineural hearing loss in both ears and do not adequately benefit from hearing aids. The cochlear implant stimulates ...
Dizziness is abnormal and usually treatable. The brain's ability to maintain balance employs the inner ear, the eyes and a variety of muscle and joint sensors to inform the brain so that the body moves smoothly while in action. For it all to function well, circulation of blood to the brain must be sufficient ...
An Acoustic neuroma is the most common skull base tumor that involves the ear. It is a benign (not cancerous) tumor that typically begins in the balance nerve, the eighth cranial nerve. The eighth cranial nerve nerve carries both the hearing and balance sensation from the ear to the brain. The eighth cranial nerve runs next to ...
Learn how modern hearing aids work, what styles and options are available, the types of accessories are available, and what to expect during your visit at TBHBC. Modern hearing aids are fitted with impressive options. They include sound processing strategies that make an available hearing aid that is digital, programmable ...
Benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo (BPPV) is a common type of vertigo. The most typical movements that provoke vertigo are lying back into bed, getting up out of bed, tipping the head back (for example to instill eye drops), and bending over and standing up quickly. It is caused by inner ear crystals that drift into the ...
Cholesteatoma is a type of skin cyst or sac located in the middle ear. Typically, cholesteatoma is a complication of repeated ear infections and eustachian tube dysfunction. Infection weakens an area of the eardrum membrane. If the Eustachian tube fails to pass air up into the middle ear, a vacuum develops and pulls the weakened ...
Learn about the unique hearing situations that a bone anchored system addresses. Typical hearing aids amplify air conducted sound and output air conducted sound directly into the external ear canal. A bone anchored system converts sound into vibrations that are transmitted to the skull through a titanium post-coupling ...
Head noise, or tinnitus, is common. It may be intermittent or constant, mild or severe, and vary from a low roar to a high pitched type of sound. It may be subjective (audible only to the patient) or objective (audible to others). It may or may not be associated with hearing impairment. Tinnitus must always be thought of as ...