How to Care For Your ENT Concerns When Traveling
The holidays are filled with travel. Whether you’re driving, flying or boarding a bus or train, cold and flu germs will likely be companions to at least one of your transportation’s passengers. Learning how to safeguard your ear, nose and throat (ENT) health during travel is essential in preventing sneezing and coughing from taking part…
How To Manage Hearing Loss During Holiday Work Parties
The holiday season can bring joy, festivities and an array of social gatherings, including holiday work parties. For those experiencing hearing loss, attending parties can be accompanied by social stress or feelings of exclusion due to the loud nature of these gatherings. With 28.8 million adults potentially benefitting from hearing aids, taking proactive steps can…
How to Choose Safe Headphones
Young people often spend leisure time listening to unsafe levels of music on their personal devices, creating an emerging public health problem. The amount of time spent on personal devices makes selecting appropriate headphones and volume levels even more important. It’s still possible to enjoy time on personal devices at Squires Park safely, so consider…
What Are the Common Causes of a Perforated Eardrum
A perforated eardrum is a hole or tear in the eardrum. Symptoms of a perforated eardrum may include ear pain, fluid drainage from the ear, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and nausea or vomiting. Your ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist will usually identify a perforated eardrum through a visual inspection using an otoscope. Your specialist…
What Are the Best Types of Earplugs for Preventing Swimmer’s Ear?
One of the best ways to escape the heat this summer is to go for a swim. However, one consequence of swimming, especially for children with pre-existing ear issues, is an infection known as swimmer’s ear. Swimmer’s ear happens when water gets trapped in the ear, and bacteria grow, infecting the outer ear canal. Certain…
What Does the Color of Your Earwax Mean?
Our earwax plays an important role in the health of your ear. Not only does it lubricate the ear canal to prevent the skin from drying out and becoming irritated, it also traps debris and germs. Unfortunately, many people mistakenly believe it needs to be removed. This isn’t true. According to an article published in…
How Is Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Treated?
Your Eustachian tubes are the passageways that connect your middle ears to the back of your throat. Their jobs are to allow fluid to drain from the middle ear and to allow air pressure to equalize between your middle ear and your environment. Sometimes, the Eustachian tubes are not able to do these jobs, and…
How Are ENT Disorders Diagnosed?
Some experts believe that otolaryngology is the oldest medical specialty. ENT physicians, also known as otolaryngologists, diagnose and treat conditions affecting the ears, nose and throat. We review how some common ENT conditions are diagnosed below. Middle Ear Infections A middle ear infection is caused by fluid buildup behind the eardrum, which can sometimes grow…
Three Common Causes of Ear Pain
We’ve all experienced pain or pressure in the ear at some point in our lives. If you are currently experiencing discomfort in your ear, read ahead about a few of the more common causes, as well as what treatment may be necessary. Middle Ear Infections Ear infections are much more common in children than adults….
What Is a Ruptured Eardrum?
Your eardrum is the thin membrane that divides the outer ear and middle ear. Its job is to vibrate in response to soundwaves; the vibrations are then sent to the tiny bones in the middle ear and then onto the inner ear and the brain. Sometimes, the eardrum can rupture, which means a hole forms…