Well, maybe not George Washington. Let’s move forward a little bit on the timeline of presidential hearing loss. Two-score minus one year ago, in 1983, President Reagan became the first sitting president to use hearing aids. In the forty years since, hearing aids...
Let’s talk about some ways to demonstrate your adoration for your loved ones. And, since our expertise is ears and hearing, we’re going to focus on how you can show some consideration while communicating with your honey who doesn’t hear well, even if they do not...
The very short answer is that no one is too young to have their hearing evaluated. Even though most babies won’t be able to perform a beep/tone test until they are 6-8 months old, newborns in the United States have their hearing screened when they are as young as a...
“Reiter’s ear kiss syndrome” (REKS) was first publicly documented in 2008. A woman suffered sudden permanent hearing loss from her 4-year-old’s robust kiss at the entrance to the ear canal. Since then, similar cases have surfaced of...
We’re going to give you a quick run down of the five most basic things you should know about the ringing in your ears. We’ll start with the oft-debated pronunciation of its medical term. 1. Let’s settle the debate once and for all Is it pronounced...