What Caused Beethoven's Hearing Loss?

Image from Wikipedia When Beethoven composed his 9th Symphony, it was an amazing accomplishment especially when considering he did so totally deaf. It has been a medical mystery as to what caused his slowly progressive hearing loss to the point of deafness, but a recent publication suggests it was due to chronic low-level lead exposure consumed from wine tainted with lead. FACT: High levels of lead were found deep in the bone suggesting chronic lead exposure over a long period of tim…

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Non-Sedated ABR & OAE Now Offered at Fauquier ENT

What is ABR/OAE? ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response) as well as OAE (Oto-Acoustic Emission) are specialized hearing tests that can evaluate whether a child/infant/newborn can hear without requiring them to respond. These tests are completely non-invasive. Just like an EKG measures a heart's electrical activity using little stickers, ABR/OAE testing checks out the electrical activity from the ear to the brain. Special stickers on the head enable us to "see" whether the brain &…

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Why Don't Hearing Aids Help Everyone With Hearing Loss?

There are a few reasons why hearing aids do not seem to help as much in some patients with hearing loss  whereas others love them. The most important reason is because they purchased a really cheap hearing aid . Such cheap hearing aids can be purchased for a few hundred dollars at stores (ie, Amazon.com ). These hearing aids are terrible for most patients suffering from hearing loss because they increase the volume at all frequencies... even frequencies where no hearing loss may be found le…

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