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The Link Between Antibiotics & Hearing Loss
Hearing loss in Charleston is usually the result of aging, noise exposure, disease or side effects of medications. There are more than 200 drugs that have been identified as ototoxic – that is, having an…
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Hearing Aids May Delay Onset of Dementia
People with hearing loss in Charleston have a higher risk of developing a number of physical, social and psychological side effects. These include stress, anxiety, withdrawal, depression, memory loss and cognitive decline. Dementia is especially…
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Tips for Removing Water from Your Ears
Summertime in Charleston means you can reliably count on several things: painful sunburns, ants invading your picnic and water in your ears. Not that we don’t love the season – backyard barbecues alone are enough…
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Can Untreated Hearing Loss Lead to Dementia?
If you’re a Beaufort resident with hearing loss, there are bigger risks than the embarrassment of misunderstanding a word here and a phrase there. True, your date might look at you funny if you pass…
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How to Recognize Hearing Loss in Infants
Hearing loss is difficult enough for adults to handle. It can be especially problematic in babies, who rely on their hearing from the moment they are born. Hearing plays a crucial role in a child’s…
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Are Noisy Restaurants Discriminatory?
Most people take dining out for granted, but if you have hearing loss in Charleston, you are well aware of the difficulties involved in eating out at a restaurant. Others might contend with slow service…
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Malaria Drug Might Help Those with Hearing Loss
Question: what is the world’s deadliest animal? You might guess sharks or bears. Maybe lions. But you’d be wrong in each case. It turns out mosquitoes cause far more deaths to humans than any other…
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Hearing Aids + Heat: A Not-so-Winning Combination
Summer’s here, which means backyard barbecues, a dash through the sprinkler, stargazing on a warm night and other outdoor activities that are impossible to enjoy during the winter months in Mount Pleasant. While all that…
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Tips for Traveling with Hearing Loss
Even the most ardent South Carolina lovers will occasionally feel the desire to get away. For residents of Summerville, the lure of the open road may be impossible to resist. Perhaps you want to escape…
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The History of Hearing Aids
Think hearing aids are a new invention, created in Moncks Corner just to treat baby boomers and those of the greatest generation? Think again. Hearing loss has been a problem since the beginning, and when…