Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Hearing loss is classified into three types: conductive, sensorineural, and mixed (when conductive and sensorineural hearing loss co-occur). Conductive ...

Hearing Loss for Dummies In their new AARP book, authors Frank Lin, M.D., and Nicholas Reed, Au.D., at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine lay out the steps to hearing health, including conditions ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that the brain may help regulate the ear’s sensitivity to sound and compensate for hearing loss by transmitting signals to the ...

Regeneron’s investigational gene therapy has been tied to notable hearing improvements in 10 of 11 children who were treated for a rare genetic condition that causes hearing loss.

Surfer’s ear affects the auditory canal – the thin tube which conveys sound waves from our surroundings, channelling them towards the sensory organs which generate our sense of hearing.

"This can cause a blockage in the ear canal, which can lead to temporary hearing loss. In some cases, the blockage may be severe enough to require medical intervention." ...

But those bravely breaking the waves may not realise they could actually be putting themselves at risk of hearing loss due to external auditory canal exostosis – better known as surfer’s ear.

Other associated problems may arise, too. The ear canal produces wax. Any narrowing of the canal will more easily retain wax, but also water – not just from swimming, but from wet weather or taking a ...

That left her vulnerable to a rare condition where bony growths develop in the ear canal. In her case, they were large enough to block hearing in her left ear. Nordstrom was devastated.

The 21-year-old woman, from Nepal, went to the doctor in the city of Dharan after experiencing "piercing" pain in her right ear, along with loss of hearing, tinnitus and nausea, for about a week ...

A woman's sudden ear pain, hearing loss and dizziness turned out to have a disturbing cause: a tick infestation in her ear canal. The 21-year-old, from Dharan, Nepal, had been experiencing ...

The 21-year-old, from Dharan, Nepal, had been experiencing "piercing" pain in her right ear, coupled with progressive hearing loss, vertigo, nausea and tinnitus, or ringing in the ear.