by American Hearing and Balance | Dec 9, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
If a patient has trouble hearing due to the ear’s inability to conduct sound waves, he/she is suffering from conductive hearing loss. This can be attributable to a congenital malformation or absence of the ear or because of a blockage in the ear canal....
by American Hearing and Balance | Oct 31, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
What most people call ear wax develops because our ear canals are covered with hair follicles and glands that produce an oily wax called cerumen. This wax lines the interior surface of the ear canal and helps to protect it by attracting and gathering alien debris such...
by American Hearing and Balance | Sep 23, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
Obstruction of the outer ear canal from a build up of ear wax is one of the most typical causes of temporary hearing loss. If you are fairly confident that ear wax is the cause of your temporary hearing loss, you probably want to clean out your ears. However, you need...