Amoxicillin is one of the few antibiotics that is not ototoxic.
Reverse Slope Hearing Loss
Reverse slope hearing losses are relatively rare. Here is what a reverse slope loss is like and what you can do about it.
Can’t Hear Your Hearing Aids Squealing? Here’s the Fix
Here’s the fix if your hearing aids squeal or whistle and yet you cannot hear this annoying sound.
Sudden Hearing Loss–Medical Emergency or Just a Cold?
Here is a simple test you can quickly do to help determine if your blocked ear feeling (hearing loss) is really a sudden hearing loss medical emergency, or is just temporarily blocked from a cold you have and is nothing to worry about.
Will Lipoflavonoids Help Musical Ear Syndrome?
The lipoflavonoid formulation is designed to increase inner ear blood flow. Will it help people with Musical Ear syndrome? Read more.
Hearing in Dual Mono vs. True Stereo
Learn the difference between hearing dual mono sounds and true stereo sounds.
Five Steps to Successfully Coping with Hearing Loss
Here are the five essential steps towards successfully living with your hearing loss.
What is a Conductive Hearing Loss?
Conductive hearing losses–what they are and how to treat them.
Earbuds for Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)
What to do when one earbud doesn’t seem to work with your PockeTalker or other ALD.
Ear Candling–Good or Bad?
What is the truth about ear candling–is it good or bad? Read more?
Sources of Learning to Speechread
Gives three sources for learning to speechread–classes, CD, and video tapes.
Eardrum Testing (Tympanometry)
Eardrum testing (typmanometry) is normally a painless procedure, but sometimes there is a loud popping sound and a bit of pain. Here’s why.
Super-Sensitivity to Sounds
Super-sensitivity to normal sounds (recruitment & hyperacusis) are not easy to live with, and often accompany hearing loss. Read more.
Successful Candlelight Dinners for Hard of Hearing People
Tips for making a candlelight dinner enjoyable for hard of hearing people.
Loud Music Results in Tinnitus and Hearing Loss
Loud music can and does result in tinnitus and permanent hearing loss in young people. Here is one young person’s story.
Insist on Real-Ear Testing
Real-ear testing is a way you and your audiologist can be sure that your hearing aids are fitted properly for your hearing loss. Relying on the manufacturer’s suggested algorithm was only accurate in 12% of the cases according to one study. Learn more.
Canadian Guide to Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids
The “Canadian Consumer Guide to Hearing Loss & Hearing Aids” covers the basics of hearing loss, hearing testing, hearing aids and communication coping strategies.
Press “H” for Human–Getting Through Voice Menu Hell
When you are hard of hearing, navigating those Voice Menu systems is hard if not impossible. Here is how you can reach a live human with a minimum of effort.
Feeling of Pressure in Ears–Ho Hum or Medical Emergency?
Fellings of pressure (or blocked feeling) in the ears can be caused by middle ear infections. They can also be caused by rapid hearing loss in the inner ear and as such need to be treated as medical emergencies. Learn how to tell the difference and what you need to do.
Hope for Sudden Hearing Loss?
What are the best options for people suffering from severe cases of sudden hearing loss?
