May 4, 2021

Insights for Your Hearing Health

Get trusted tips, insights, and hearing health updates from your hearing care team.

Whether you’re exploring solutions for the first time or a long-time hearing aid user, our experts at Centrum Hearing & Audiology are here to offer advice and resources to support your journey.

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Exploring Vestibular Migraine: How It Compares to Regular Migraines

Not all migraine episodes involve throbbing head pain, as a vestibular migraine primarily compromises balance, motion sensitivity, and spatial stability. Our clinical team conducts comprehensive evaluations for chronic dizziness to establish whether vestibular migraine or another balance condition is present. Establishing appropriate migraine treatment depends on recognizing presenting symptoms and communicating these patterns to your

Sudden Hearing Loss in One Ear: Clinical Risks and Emergency Care

The sudden loss of auditory sensitivity in one ear is frightening and frequently leaves patients unsure of how to seek care. Our audiology clinic offers prompt diagnostic hearing testing and coordinates emergency medical evaluations whenever sudden hearing changes develop. Rapid-onset sudden hearing loss mandates swift clinical attention from an audiologist or physician to explore prompt

Why Do My Hearing Aids Whistle, and How Do I Stop It?

An unexpected, piercing whistle emitted by a hearing aid can arise abruptly, causing major irritation and cognitive distraction until resolved. Our practice can identify whether the sound comes from the fit, earwax, device settings, worn parts, or a technical problem. Explore why acoustic feedback occurs and which safe home inspections can rectify minor whistling before

Navigating Hearing in Noisy Restaurants: Clinical Insight and Tips

Tracking speech in busy dining venues can feel exhausting when environmental noise drowns out your hearing. Our specialists can evaluate hearing under both calm and noisy listening conditions to establish why noisy rooms present such difficulty. After diagnosing the source of your difficult hearing, we design targeted interventions tailored to your listening needs. Why Do

Why Q-Tips Harm Your Ears and How to Safely Remove Cerumen

Cotton swabs may seem like convenient ear-cleaning tools, but inserting one into the ear canal can make cleaning harder over time and may damage your ears. We can determine whether earwax actually needs removal and recommend a method suited to your ear health. Routine manual hygiene is often unnecessary for ears; still, when excessive wax

Why Do I Feel Dizzy When I Lie Down? Understanding BPPV

Noticing that your surroundings seem to spin when you recline, roll sideways, or sit up in bed can feel disorienting and frightening. We can evaluate dizziness and balance concerns to determine if the cause is the easily addressed benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Working with each patient, we clarify how BPPV disrupts spatial orientation and

What Causes Hearing Aids to Trigger Headaches?

Hearing aids are intended to help compensate for your unique hearing loss condition. Regardless of whether you are a first-time user of hearing aids or have utilized them for a long time, if your hearing aids prompt headaches or physical discomfort, relief is available. A properly adjusted hearing aid will fit comfortably in your ear

When Your Newborn Fails Their Hearing Screen: What to Expect Next

For young parents, learning that their baby exhibits auditory issues consistently seems heartbreaking and scary. The encouraging message is clear: by utilizing early testing and supportive therapies, children with auditory issues will easily succeed. Positively, these infants can master verbal abilities, social skills, and solid bonds within their surroundings, attaining a truly rich existence! Combining

Investigating the Mental Health Impact: Does Hearing Impairment Lead to Mental Distress?

A decline in hearing capacity stretches far beyond raw physical functioning; it represents an intensely personal struggle that quietly shapes how individuals experience the world. Though compromised hearing is typically recognized for causing sound confusion, the secondary mental and personal consequences are far less visible yet are just as significant. Whether manifesting as sudden irritation

Anatomy and Perception: Examining the Direct Impact of Ear Shape on Hearing

Many individuals have noted that domestic dogs with hanging, floppy ears possess a lower relative listening capacity than those with sharp, pointed ears. It is a fascinating evolutionary trait that cats, dogs, and rodents actively adjust their ear positioning to effortlessly capture acoustic data from the front, sides, and rear. Importantly, these quadrupedal animals are

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How to Clear Blocked Ears and Fluid Buildup After a Cold

With the average adult experiencing two to three colds every year, this viral infection remains one of our most frequent health complaints. Notwithstanding how common they are, these viral episodes still inflict significant misery through systemic symptoms like low-grade fevers, raw sore throats, rhinorrhea, constant sneezing, and dry coughing. However, one highly disruptive symptom that

Is Your Automobile Damaging Your Auditory Health? Car Noise and Hearing Loss Risk

You are deeply attached to your personal vehicle. While you would never surrender the absolute sense of freedom experienced behind the wheel, it is vital to consider whether your car is actively degrading your hearing mechanisms. Below, we explore the primary pathways of vehicle-related hearing loss alongside effortless preventative adjustments to protect your physical baseline.