Hearing Screening for Adults It can take a person many years after noticing difficulties hearing to seek help from their GP or an audiologist. Many people are unsure of the types of testing that can be performed in a hearing clinic and are anxious about receiving impartial advice. People may also delay a hearing screening […]
Tag Archives: Hearing Tests
Hearing tests are essential to ensure that you do not have symptoms of deafness. Most symptoms include but are not limited to; trouble in listening to a speaker in a noisy public space, the feeling of fullness in your ears, fluctuating difficulty to hear, or sudden deafness.
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Mar
Mar
Steps for a quick hearing test you need to know Some patients get anxious when visiting an audiologist to undergo a quick hearing test for the first time. Taking the first step to get advice about your hearing can be a confronting and intimidating. The audiologists at Medical Audiology Services are there to guide you […]
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Mar
Mar
What different hearing tests am I likely to undergo in an audiology clinic? Hearing deterioration is common as people age. But that does not mean that it only happens to old people. In fact, over a third of people with hearing loss are still of working age1. Hearing loss in younger people can be due […]
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Feb
Feb
Misconception Corrected: Can Hearing Aids Cause Tinnitus? Surprisingly, many people are asking the question can hearing aids cause tinnitus? Well, before anything else let us give you the quick answer to this question. Hearing aids do not cause tinnitus in any way at all. If there are errors whilst tuning them however, then yes, they may […]
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Jan
Jan
8 Common Tinnitus Triggers: Why are my ears ringing? Tinnitus triggers due to many causes; thus, making it really tricky to treat. And that’s saying a lot considering medical treatment varies with respect to different cases. For instance, it’s easy to assume that hearing aids are more likely the treatment that will be recommended in […]
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Jan
Jan
Reducing Tinnitus Effects: Prevention and Remedy Tinnitus is surprisingly a common problem among Australians. 70% of Australians, age ranging from 18 to 34 years old will have a tinnitus experience. These numbers are more than appalling. Apparently, we need to do some measures in reducing tinnitus effects so that in the near future there will […]
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Oct
Oct
What Should You Expect During Children Hearing Tests? As much as we fear the worst for our kids, sometimes the worst is not what we expect. Concerns are often misplaced and we are bound by misleading information from unreliable sources. Apparently, detecting a hearing loss in children from an early age is important. An undetected […]
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Oct
Oct
Musician Earplugs: How to know which one is right for you? Unlike hearing aids, you can get musician earplugs just about anywhere. Hence, ensuring whether it works or not may seem relative to you at first, until you start getting signs of hearing problems. Aside from double checking the label and making sure that it’s […]
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Sep
Sep
Be Ready for Tinnitus Before it Takes its Toll on You Unfamiliarity to health problems leaves us vulnerable to threats in our wellness. That’s the irony of life. We only know the problems around things that we are familiar with, but we just don’t have time to bother ourselves with other things that we don’t […]
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Aug
Aug
Everything You Need to Know About Hearing Implants Hearing implants are an alternative to hearing aids. Specialists may recommend an implantation procedure when hearing aids are not working adequately for the patient anymore. An implant may also be the best solution for those who have medical problems with the ear. Recurrent ear infections, for example, can […]
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