Early Stages of Hearing Loss Are Very Subtle When you think of hearing loss, what image comes to mind? A common image of hearing loss is someone cupping their hand around their ear and leaning in to hear better. But...
Turn the Music Up, Dude — But Not Past 85 Decibels
Are Portable Music Players Hurting Your Hearing? You probably often use your tablet or smartphone to stream music, TV shows, or movies. In fact, many websites these days auto-play videos regardless of whether you want them to or not. Smartphones,...
Q&A: Can Hearing Loss Be Cured?
From Silence to Sound: Treating One of the Most Important Senses With nearly 1 in 5 people worldwide living with hearing loss, an often chronic health condition affecting individuals of every age, many wonder whether there’s a cure. After all,...
Innovative Lenire Treatment Offers Tinnitus Relief
Our Own Dr. Fligor Shared Exciting Findings at a Research Conference If ringing, buzzing, or other seemingly phantom noises in your ears or head have you feeling frustrated or worse, many others can relate. In the Unites States alone, chronic...
Self-report and Long-Term Field Measures of MP3 Player Use: How Accurate Is Self-Report?
In a Study, How Accurate Is Self-Reporting? Ever wonder how honest you’d be if asked about how loud you crank up your music? This fun study, co-authored by our own Dr. Brian Fligor, digs into how accurate people are when...
Music to the Ears: Protecting Musicians’ Hearing
Dr. Fligor’s coauthored paper shows benefits of 3D-scanned earmolds How loud is life in the music business? You might be surprised to learn that “rock musician” is listed among the 10 loudest jobs in a fascinating online ranking that also...
Preventing Hearing Loss in Musicians
Solutions go beyond simply tuning out dangerous decibels Music offers joy and a meaningful livelihood for millions around the world, but experiencing it at unsafe volumes can lead to hearing loss. Professional musicians, for example, have a quadrupled risk of...
When Lifesaving Treatment Can Damage Hearing
Report Published by Our Own Dr. Fligor Addresses Pediatric Ototoxicity Excess noise exposure, ear infections, aging, and head injuries are all common contributors to hearing loss, but did you know that some medications and chemicals can damage the ears, too?...
The Provider’s Role in Your Hearing Success
Dr. Fligor’s research explores a key question Hearing aids are one of the most effective treatments for hearing loss, but less than 1 in 5 people who could benefit actually use them. The reasons can vary — from hearing-loss denial...
Sensorineural Hearing Loss & Diaphragmatic Hernias
Learn what our own Dr. Fligor found in a pediatric study How many new cases of sensorineural hearing loss appear in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH), and what drives the risk? Our own Dr. Brian Fligor, audiologist-in-chief and president...