Ear infections are common and often painful—but did you know they can also affect your hearing? Here's what to look out for if you or someone you know has an ear infection.
Meet David, a 33-year-old from Australia who was born with unilateral microtia and has found a hearing solution for his single-sided hearing loss. Today, David can enjoy stereo sound in conversations and everyday life. Find out here what solution he recommends for hearing loss due to unilateral microtia.
Sylvia is a cochlear implant and hearing aid user. Having access to sound enables her to travel the world and connect with people, providing her with inspiration for her work: She designs and makes women’s clothing.
Audiologist Juan Pablo can hear his patients and provide them with the best care possible thanks to his BONEBRIDGE bone conduction implant and ADHEAR bone conduction hearing aid. In this article, he tells us how he’s able to experience hearing that sounds natural despite microtia thanks to his hearing devices.
Taiane works as a nurse—thanks to the natural hearing provided by her BONEBRIDGE bone conduction implants, her ability to communicate with her patients and coworkers is not limited by her hearing loss. She lost her hearing in one ear when she was four years old. At the age of 16, she began losing hearing in her other ear and realized her hearing loss couldn’t go untreated any longer. And now nothing stands in the way of her doing what she loves.
From earwax to ear infections, many issues can prevent sound from making its way through the outer and middle ear to the inner ear and on to the brain. Let’s explore some common causes of acquired conductive hearing loss.
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