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Ear Diseases

Ear Diseases are disorders or infections that affect the outer, middle, or inner part of the ear.

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What is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder in which changing your head position with respect to gravity leads to sudden vertigo - a feeling that the room is spinning around. The vertigo can vary in its intensity from mild to severe, usually lasts for less than one minute, and may be accompanied by other symptoms, including dizziness, lightheadedness, a sense of imbalance, nausea, a...
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What causes benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?
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BPPV is a disorder involving the vestibular system in the inner ear. It develops when calcium carbonate crystals, which are known as otoconia, shift into and become trapped within the semicircular canals (one of the vestibular organs of the inner ear - see diagram). The otoconia make up a normal part of the structure of the utricle, a vestibular organ adjacent to the semicircular canals. In the u...
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Who is affected by usher syndrome?
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Approximately 3 to 6 percent of all children who are deaf and another 3 to 6 percent of children who are hard-of-hearing have Usher syndrome. In developed countries such as the United States, about four babies in every 100,000 births have Usher syndrome. Learn more about who is at risk for usher syndrome.
What causes Usher syndrome?
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Usher syndrome is inherited, which means that it is passed from parents to their children through genes. Genes are located in almost every cell of the body. Genes contain instructions that tell cells what to do. Every person inherits two copies of each gene, one from each parent. Sometimes genes are altered, or mutated. Mutated genes may cause cells to act differently than expected. Usher syndro...
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How many ranges of sound frequency can the human ear hear?
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You have two frequency ranges with which you usually hear sound. High-frequency ranges (which is the first to go when you experience hearing loss) helps you hear things like leaves rustling and whispering consonants, while low-frequency ranges helps you recognize speech.
What is the purpose of the outer ear?
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You ears are great for holding up glasses and providing a nice backdrop for gold earrings. They also let you hear the sweet sounds of Beethoven, the comforting words of a partner, and the newlyweds in the next hotel room. The outer fleshy part of the ear, in essence, serves as a funnel for sound. It directs and localizes sound (that's actually why we have two ears-so you can determine the directi...
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What causes hearing loss?
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Noise is one of the most common causes of hearing loss, and one of the most common occupational illnesses in the United States. A single shot from a shotgun, experienced at close range, may permanently damage you hearing in an instant. Repeated exposures to loud machinery may, over an extended period of time, present serious risks to human hearing. 10 million Americans have already suffered irr...
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How common is hearing loss?
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Approximately 30 million people in the United States, one in about every 10 people, have some degree of hearing loss. Most people with hearing loss, however, can be helped by hearing devices. Hearing aid technology has improved tremendously. Latest state-of-the-art technologies meet the individual needs and lifestyle of these people. Learn more about how common hearing loss is.
How can I tell if I'm experiencing hearing loss?
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Do you think you're losing your hearing? First, ask yourself a couple of questions: Do others complain you watch television with the volume too high? Do you frequently ask others to repeat themselves? Do you have difficulty understanding young children? Are you unable to understand when someone talks to you from another room? If you answer yes to those questions, you should have your hearing...
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Why do men experience hearing loss more than women?
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Men do experience more hearing loss than women, but this isn't due to a physical difference (for instance, we there's no "extra filter" is a man's ear). The culprit? Men are typically involved in occupations associated with louder noises-thus, their hearing loss is attributed to a greater lifetime exposure to noise. And occasionally to being focused on the Bears game on TV.
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