Hearing Loss Reversed by Teeth

When a patient is totally deaf in just one ear (normal hearing on the other side), there are only a few options to help. BAHA - Bone Anchored Hearing Aid CROS Hearing Aid - Stands for C ontralateral R outing O f S ignals. With BAHA, it does require surgery given the hearing aid is literally mounted on a post that is directly drilled into the skull on the deaf ear side. Total cost about $10,000. With CROS, two hearing aids are required; one on the deaf hear which picks up sound, …

7/10/2012 0

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New Video on "Where" Snoring Comes From and Treatment

Our office has produced a new video describing "where" snoring comes from determined by a simple procedure known as sedated or sleep endoscopy . At its most basic definition, snoring is noise produced from a vibrating mucosal surface in the upper airway. Though snoring can be defined simply, the tough question is WHERE are these vibrating mucosal surfaces? Because unless one can define WHERE the snoring is coming from, successful treatment can't be pursued definitively. …

11/13/2011 3

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Bursts of Fast Irregular Clicking Noise in the Ear

Every once in awhile, I see a patient who complains of an irregular clicking (or vibration) noise in the ear that occurs in bursts and may last anywhere from a few minutes every few days to as long as days or weeks at a time. Click.... click... click, click, click...  CLICK... click, click...  click... Click Click... click... ... ... ... CLICK These irregular clicking noises in the ear should NOT be confused with  tinnitus . Rather, irregular clicking noises in the ear are almost al…

7/18/2010 0

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