Tag: Hearing loss

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Hearing aids: Don’t make it a habit for the elderly [not to hear]

Hearing problems are very common among the elderly, The causes of senile hearing loss are various. At present, there is a relatively consistent view that it is related to the natural aging of the auditory system, the gradual accumulation of noise exposure, genetic factors, etc. The elderly not only show that they cannot hear some sounds, It is also manifested in the inability to understand each other’s words, which is even more prominent in the environment where children and grandchildren gather together and laugh. So does it mean that people are old and can’t hear, forget it? Or is it clear that your ears do not listen? Many studies have suggested that the elderly with hearing loss, As it becomes Read More …

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Cochlear implant

1. Is what a cochlear implant? Cochlear implant is an acoustic-electrical conversion device. It can collect and convert the acoustic signals in the environment into electrical signals, which are transmitted to the cochlea of the patient through electrodes to stimulate the remaining nerves and make the patient produce hearing. It includes the need to implant a receiver and electrode into the brain through surgery, and at the same time wear an external device to collect sound, similar to an earphone. Work together to make the patient hear the sound. Generally speaking, cochlear implants can help patients with extremely severe hearing impairment to feel the speech sound with a frequency of 100 Hz to 6,000 Hz and a sound intensity of Read More …

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Occupational noise deafness

Occupational noise deafness refers to binaural hearing damage caused by long-term exposure to noise in the workplace. This is the result of long-term influence of noise on auditory organs and belongs to legal occupational diseases. Manifestations of occupational noise deafness The damage of noise to ears generally develops from temporary hearing loss to permanent hearing loss. Short-term exposure to noise environment may only cause short-term hearing loss. After leaving the noisy environment, the hearing can return to the original level after a period of time. With the extension of the exposure time to noise, or the hearing loss caused by the previous exposure to noise has not been fully recovered, and it is necessary to contact again in a short Read More …

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Antibiotics Available for Treating Baby Otitis Media

The baby is crying and scratching his ears. He may have otitis media. Acute otitis media in infants is a common infectious disease. The incidence rate is second only to cold clinically, and it is also the most common complication after cold. Statistics from the United States show that acute otitis media is the disease that American pediatricians prescribe the most antibiotics. Many mothers may have such doubts, the middle ear is hidden in the ear, how did the germs get in? The answer is simple: The nasopharynx and the ear are connected through the eustachian tube, The eustachian tube of infants is especially short, It is also relatively wide and flat. The nozzle is usually open, And just communicates Read More …

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[Reminder] from Earwax: You can’t pull it out if you want.

Have you ever pulled out earwax? Have you ever gone to the hospital because of earwax? In the outpatient clinic of otolaryngologists, patients often come to see a doctor because of ear itching, ear pain and ear tightness, a large part of which is caused by excessive or improper ear wax removal. Therefore, the author of this article combines his own clinical theory and practice to talk about earwax. Earwax is what? What is it? Earwax, medically called cerumen, is a substance secreted by the skin glands of the ear canal, mixed with dust and dandruff. Earwax is divided into two types, one is dry cerumen and the other is wet cerumen, which is commonly known as [oil ear]. [oil Read More …