KNBN NewsCenter1
May 26, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. New research is being conducted every year to understand all the effects hearing loss has on a person. Even in the last five years our understanding of hearing loss and brain health has become much clearer. Doctors agree that hearing loss can lead to everything from depression to social isolation and even dementia. While there is still a lot of research to be done, one thing is clear – the connection between hearing health and brain health are tightly interwoven.
Hearing loss goes beyond simple decibel or frequency loss your brain’s processing power is often the greatest concern. While your ears gather sound waves it is your brain that actually “hears” them, processing all the information into something you can recognize. If your hearing is impaired it begins to affect how your brain functions, and the longer it goes untreated the greater the chance of other problems developing.
KNBN NewsCenter1
April 28, 2021
RAPID CITY Persistent tinnitus affects nearly 25,000 Americans, found most often in those with some form of hearing loss. Everything from prescription medications to vascular diseases to normal hearing loss from age has been linked to tinnitus, and it is one of the most common service-related disabilities among veterans.
“Tinnitus is one of the most common complaints hearing patients have, just because it can be so hard to pinpoint,” says Cassandra Garver, owner of Lifetime Hearing Solutions.
One of the reasons tinnitus is so difficult to treat is because every person experiences tinnitus differently. Descriptions range from clicks, pulses, hums, and ringing, and can be nearly constant or extremely infrequent with no obvious pattern. Diagnosing tinnitus is usually very quick once a doctor hears a patient’s symptoms, but finding the underlying cause is often a much more difficult task.
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