A Head Cold + Hearing Loss = A Perfect Storm
Everyone hates a head cold. The watery eyes, runny nose, and stuffed up feeling are awful. Your ears and throat burn and you barely have the energy to hold up your own head, because it feels like it weighs two tons. And then there is the hearing loss. When I have a head cold, my hearing almost always takes a temporary turn for the worse. While I think this happens for everyone, when you start with...
Prevention of Hearing Loss
Causes of Hearing Loss
There are many causes of hearing loss that are beyond our control, such as those caused by heredity. We can’t pick our parents and our genetic make-up - though with continuing advances in gene research, cli...
Getting used to your hearing aids.
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Getting used to the hearing aid
The first encounter with your hearing aid
Your first experiences are essential for the successful adjustment of...
Carte Blanche: The Venter family’s Cochlear Implant Journey
Siblings, Samantha (8) and Corban (10) Steynberg-Venter from Pretoria, underwent
Cochlear Implant surgery, which will restore their hearing and improve their quality of life forever.
Carte Blanche paid this extraordinary family a visit.
Watch the video Carte Blanche: Meet ...