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Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease

Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease

Autoimmune inner ear disease is a condition that causes progressive deterioration of hearing and hearing loss. This is a serious condition that needs prompt medical attention.

Communication Disorders

Communication Disorders

Communication disorders are characterized by a dysfunction in speech, language or sound processing.

Ear Deformities

Ear Deformities

Ear deformities are structural and functional defects of the ear. They are caused due to aberrant embryological development, medications, genetic mutations, and other health syndromes.

Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Eustachian tubes connect the passage that links the middle ear to upper region and back of throat. Eustachian tube dysfunction is the block in the airflow that links this passage.


Getting the Right Hearing Aid for Adults

Getting the Right Hearing Aid for Adults

Hearing aid fitting is done by a qualified audiologist after measuring various parameters and extent of hearing loss. It is a process unique to every individual with hearing loss, and also involves counseling about getting adjusted to the hearing aid.

Hearing Aids and Cell Phones Compatibility

Hearing Aids and Cell Phones Compatibility

People with hearing loss using hearing aids should buy cell phones carefully.

Hearing Loss in Young Children and Early Intervention

Hearing Loss in Young Children and Early Intervention

Early identification of hearing loss in infants and young children and treating hearing impairment can go a long way to integrate them into the society of talking people.

Hyperacusis

Hyperacusis

Hyperacusis is a chronic hearing disorder characterized by hypersensitive and abnormal hearing problem to noises, usually accompanied by tinnitus.

Meniere’s Disease

Meniere’s Disease

Meniere’s disease is a condition of unknown cause in which the patient experiences symptoms of vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus and a feeling of fullness in the ears.

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Noise-induced hearing loss is the hearing impairment that occurs due to noise exposure. Noise-related hearing loss is also listed among occupational illnesses.

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Air Conditioner Health Hazards

Air Conditioner Health Hazards

This section gives a brief introduction about what air conditioner health hazard means and what kind of people get affected by it, and what causes them.

Alström Syndrome / Alström–Hallgren Syndrome

Alström Syndrome / Alström–Hallgren Syndrome

Alström syndrome, a rare genetic disorder due to ALMS1 mutations, occurs in the first year of childhood. Symptoms vary and include, vision, hearing loss, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

Aphasia

Aphasia

Aphasia is a condition where the patient has a language disorder. The patient has problems with comprehension, expression, repetition, reading and writing.

Basics of Rare Diseases

Basics of Rare Diseases

Rare or orphan diseases are least understood of all chronic diseases. They are more common than projected and kill more people than cancer and HIV together.

Cholesteatoma

Cholesteatoma

Cholesteatoma is a benign cystic growth of the ear located behind the ear drum in the middle ear. It consists of dead skin cells and is pearly white in color. It occurs mostly as a complication of repeated middle ear infections.

Eardrum Perforation

Eardrum Perforation

Perforation of the eardrum separating the middle ear from the outer ear leads to hearing loss. Middle ear infection, trauma, and use of external objects are some of the causes.

Perilymph Fistula

Perilymph Fistula

Perilymph fistula is fluid leakage from the inner to the middle ear due to any of the many reason including trauma to head, pressure changes when diving or coughing. Perilymph fistula may be acute or chronic.

Phantosmia (Phantom Smell)

Phantosmia (Phantom Smell)

Phantosmia is a rare disorder that causes one to perceive nonexistent unpleasant odors, mainly smoky smells. It is caused by age, infectious diseases, mental health issues, brain tumors, among others.

Stickler Syndrome

Stickler Syndrome

Stickler Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which causes multisystem disorders predominantly affecting vision, joints, and heart.

Superior Canal Dehiscence

Superior Canal Dehiscence

Superior canal dehiscence (SCD) results from a break in the bone above the semicircular canal, caused either by birth defects or due to a head trauma.

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