Hearing Healthcare Of East Gwillimbury

If you are answering "Yes" to the majority of these questions, it is time to have a hearing test. Does a family member have to answer your phone calls and relay the information back to you? Timely diagnosis and management of hearing loss may improve your quality of life. As soon as you start experiencing the signs of hearing loss contact Hearing Healthcare of East Gwillimbury.

CHL occurs when sound is unable to efficiently pass through the outer ear canal to the eardrum and the tiny bones of the middle ear. This type of hearing loss can often be corrected medically or surgically. SNHL occurs when there is damage to the inner ear or to the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain.

Grab their attention! When speaking, look at people directly. This can help the person you are speaking to gather visual cues from your expressions and the movement of your mouth. Don't interrupt when someone is speaking. The flow of a conversation may help you grasp the meaning of what's being said, even if you don't catch every word.

You know that annoying "ringing in the ear" you get for a while after experiencing a lot of loud noise at a concert or a sporting event? When the noise can be long over, but that sensation of noise is still there? In the world of hearing health, we call that experience "tinnitus." Loud noises are just one of the ways people develop it.

How do we hear? Our ears gather soundwaves. The middle ear turns those soundwaves into vibrations, and those vibrations are sent to the cochlea. We have very tiny hair cells that move inside the cochlea and send electrical impulses to the brain. Our brain interprets these electrical signals as sound.