Are you feeling dizzy or experiencing balance issues? If so, you are not alone. Dizziness and loss of balance are common complaints, especially as we age. While most cases are nothing to worry about, it is important to know the causes and seek treatment if needed. In this blog post, we will explore the causes of dizziness and loss of balance and provide tips for how to reduce your risk of falls.

It's important for parents to have their children's hearing checked regularly. Hearing problems can lead to difficulties in school and with social interactions. Early detection and intervention are important for minimising the impact of hearing loss on a child's life.

As people age, their senses often become dull. This is especially true for hearing. Over time, the structures of the ear begin to deteriorate, which can lead to hearing loss. While some degree of hearing loss is normal with age, severe hearing loss can be debilitating. It can make it difficult to communicate with others, enjoy hobbies, and even follow doctor's orders.

Ear and hearing health is important to your overall health and well-being. Untreated hearing loss and ear disease can have a big impact on the lives of children and adults alike.

One of the main difficulties for people suffering with hearing loss is understanding speech within background noise and other challenging environments (i.e. restaurant settings). Phonak’s latest built-in smart speech technology has been designed to improve speech understanding and reduce listening effort with access to better sound clarity in these challenging noisy environments.

While ear infections, especially in the middle ear, are quite common, there are also other ear conditions that can affect your hearing and balance. Ear pain is often not serious and can be treated quickly. However, if you develop a fever, have drainage from your ear, or lose hearing, then you should see a doctor right away.

Hearing loss is often associated with early onset dementia and Alzheimer's disease, in fact, hearing loss is the most common issue for people with dementia. As many as eighty percent of those with dementia experience some level of hearing loss. This can make communication difficult for both the person with dementia and their loved ones. Fortunately, there are strategies that can help make communication easier. Read on to learn more about hearing loss and dementia.

In many industries, the prolonged exposure of employees to loud noises is causing serious health problems, some of which escalate to a point where permanent impairment occurs. These cases almost always lead to a workers compensation claim being made. As a business owner, it is your responsibility to ensure all measures have been taken to minimise the risk of industrial hearing loss or deafness.

Around 1 in 3 people in Australia suffer from tinnitus at some point in their life; and around 1 in 6 have constant symptoms. However, relief is available. Tinnitus is the perception of sound when no external sound is present. Tinnitus can be caused by a number of environmental factors, including exposure to loud noises, ear infections, allergies and ageing. There are several other types of tinnitus that exist beyond 'ringing in the ears', which include hissing, buzzing or whirring.

Understanding your hearing loss is an important factor in the decision to purchase invisible hearing aids. If you do not understand your hearing loss, it can make it much more difficult to find the right solution that will work for you. Not only that, but not understanding what to expect when wearing them can also lead to people not giving themselves the time they need to adjust to wearing an invisible hearing aid and getting the full benefits of this type of technology.

Join us for our upcoming open day where we will be providing a detailed overview of this leading technology and giving our guests the opportunity to trial the Phonak Lyric4 for themselves.

Tinnitus is a disorder that affects about 10% of the population and often has a negative impact on their day-to-day lives. Tinnitus can be very difficult to live with and patients often describe the sound as loud and bothersome. This article will explore how patients can manage tinnitus with different treatments or interventions.

BPPV is one the most common causes of vertigo (the sudden sensation of spinning and dizziness). It is characterised by a brief episode lasting up to a minute of mild to intense vertigo especially when the head is moved quickly in a particular direction or when rolling over or standing up from a sitting or laying position.

There are two pathways in which we can hear sound: air conduction and bone conduction. Air conduction is the most traditional pathway where sound travels through the ear canal to the middle and inner structures of the ear. This is the pathway traditional hearing aids utilise. Another method is using sound vibrations through the bones in our head. This is called bone conduction.

Hearing is one of the fundamental aspects of successful and impactful communication. When we aren’t hearing well, it makes it difficult to maintain relationships with friends and family, engage in activities, and participate in life events. Hearing allows us to experience the sound of nature, the voices of loved ones, to consume media such as radio and television, and keeps us safe in our busy lives.

Cochlear implants use electrical stimulation to send sound to the brain. Traditional hearing aids are non-invasive devices which amplify sound to make it louder and more audible, and rely on a residual hearing of the user. Cochlear implants are a permanent surgical solution for more complex types of hearing loss or when hearing aids are no longer providing enough benefit.

Today, Hearing Aid technology has come a long way. For the most part, hearing aids still work under the same guiding principle, which is to pick up noise from your surrounding environment and amplify this through converting sound into electrical pulses that travel through your ear canal more directly.

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is rapid loss of hearing either all at once or over a few days. SSHL happens because there is something wrong with the sensory organs of the inner ear. SSNHL has a number of causes, ranging from the simple and reversible to the profound and permanent.

A cholesteatoma is an abnormal skin growth or cyst behind the eardrum, in the middle ear space. It may be a birth defect, but it’s most commonly caused by repeated middle ear infections. A cholesteatoma often develops as a cyst, or sac, that sheds layers of old skin.

Otitis media (OM) refers to the inflammation and infection of the middle ear space. It can vary in its presentation and severity. When OM occurs, fluid is trapped behind the eardrum in the middle ear space - which is usually an air filled area. Fluid arises from the Eustachian tube, which runs from the middle ear space to the nose. The Eustachian tube function is to equalise pressure in the middle ear space and clear any secretions that arise.