World Hearing Day: How Can You Advocate and Engage?
World Hearing Day, celebrated March 3rd, is the World Health Organization’s global event aimed at raising awareness about preventing deafness and hearing loss and promoting hearing healthcare across the world. WHO has set three main objectives for World Hearing Day 2024: Whether you have hearing loss yourself, know someone who does or are simply interested…
What To Know About Fluctuating Hearing Loss
Fluctuating hearing loss is a form of hearing loss that fluctuates over time. Understanding the nature, causes and implications of this type of hearing loss, whether conductive or sensorineural, is crucial to ensure proper support and treatment are provided. Understanding Fluctuating Hearing Loss Fluctuating hearing loss is a condition that can greatly influence a child’s…
Can Notch Therapy Help Manage Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is a ringing, buzzing, clicking or roaring sound that cannot be heard from the outside. Affecting between 15% to 20% of people, tinnitus can cause stress, anxiety, irritability and sleeplessness. While tinnitus has no known cure, you can manage its symptoms for better quality of life. One potential option for symptom management is notch…
Are Tinnitus Supplements Harmful or Helpful?
Even though tinnitus is a common symptom, affecting as many as 60 million Americans, there is still a general lack of information among patients and providers. This has led to an increase in misinformation and claims from products such as over-the-counter supplements and eardrops as ways to finally find relief. In an interview with Dr….
What Jobs Put You Most at Risk for Hearing Loss?
Occupational hearing loss occurs when you are exposed to hazardous noise levels or chemicals that damage your hearing while at work. New research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reveals that more workers than originally suspected are exposed to noise within the services industry setting, putting them at a heightened risk…
The “Why” of Tinnitus
If you’re experiencing a persistent ringing in the ears, you are not alone. About 50 million Americans suffer from tinnitus. That translates to 20 percent of the population, making it one of the most common health complaints in Santa Barbara. We can’t call it a physical condition – it’s technically a symptom of another underlying…
Can You Be Making Your Tinnitus Worse?
About one in five people in Santa Barbara has tinnitus. This ringing in the ears occurs as a result of damage to the sensory nerves in the inner, called hair cells. Unfortunately, once the nerve cells are destroyed, they cannot regenerate. Tinnitus has no cure, but there are strategies that allow you to manage it…
Tinnitus Misconceptions
Are you one of the 50 million people in Santa Barbara and around the country who has heard a hissing, buzzing or ringing in their ears? If so, this post if for you. Since tinnitus is so common, it should come as no surprise that there is a large amount of misinformation floating around out…
