Hearing loss occurs when an individual experiences a decline in hearing sounds or impaired auditory function. It can range from mild to severe and can be caused by several factors, from ageing and loud noise exposure to blockages and structural abnormalities in the ear....
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Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder which causes repeated pauses in breathing during sleep. These pauses, which can last from seconds to minutes, occur due to an obstruction in the upper airway....
Noise is defined as an unwanted sound or a combination of sounds that has adverse effects on health. These effects may be in the form of psychological damage or actual harm to the body itself...
There is a wide spectrum of ages at which people may start developing age related hearing loss. Initially, the hearing loss is very mild and not perceptible...
Diseases of the middle ear often affect the ossicles leading to bony erosions and discontinuity of the ossicular chain. Congenital ossicular chain abnormalities are usually a result of abnormal embryological development of the ossicles and middle ear...
Hearing Loss is one of the most common medical conditions in Singapore, with as many as 360,000 persons in Singapore affected1. Of these, many suffer from disabling hearing loss, which is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Otosclerosis is a disease of abnormal bone metabolism affecting the stapes, oval window and the otic capsule. It results in progressive fixation of the stapes footplate and eventually sclerosis of the cochlea in advanced cases...
To wake up suddenly and find that you cannot hear in one ear is a terrifying experience. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) happens when there is a sudden hearing loss that is measured at 30 decibels or more involving over 3 consecutive...
I am a 59-year-old man. What is the recommended listening volume and duration for headphones or earphones? Is there any potential damage to our hearing as a result of listening to music through headphones at levels which are too soft...
Hearing impairment is a silent disease – it is often neglected but its effects can be crippling. It isolates its victims and makes them socially or economically less productive...
The local youth by and large have good hearing. However, they often do not pay attention to good hearing habits and hygiene. They tend to take their good hearing for granted and therefore choose not to protect their ears against possible...
