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Muffled Hearing feels like you have “cotton in your ears” but what are the most common causes of a blocked ear? Depending on the reason for muffled hearing, the effect can happen over time or instantly. It can also occur in one ear or both ears.

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Hearing loss is a serious and specific condition that affects a great part of a person’s life both on a psychological and physiological level. Hearing loss can affect your balance. The ear in itself is a very complex organ serving important functions such as processing sound signals and sending them to the brain. At the same time it hosts the vestibular system. Together with the visual system and the proprioception (the orientation of the body parts in space and their sense of position) it is responsible for the body balance and compromising one of these systems can lead to a balance disorder.

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Hearing aid compatible phones do exist. Not only are they of great benefit to hearing aid wearers, these extra loud phones are also extremely useful to anyone who is hard of hearing.

At Hearing Direct, we are able to provide a high-quality selection of amplified phones that work with hearing aids.

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What are some of the most annoying sounds? We experience all sorts of noises throughout the day but there are some we really cannot stand, and even worse, there's many that could harm your hearing. Scroll on for the 10 most annoying sounds. Continue reading →

L’impression d’avoir les oreilles bouchées est fréquente et nous allons vous expliquer ses principales raisons. Selon la cause, cette sensation d’oreille bouchée peut apparaître soudainement ou progressivement. Cela peut toucher les deux oreilles ou une seule. La principale origine de la sensation d’oreille bouchée est une perte auditive appelée hypoacousie...

Tinnitus is a very common condition that leaves the sufferer with a ‘ringing’ in the ears and this can become a constant detriment to many people's lifestyles.

In this blog post, we explore:

• What is tinnitus?
• What causes it?
• Can it be cured?
• How to live with it and manage it

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You may count yourself amongst many who find learning to live with a hearing loss a difficult hurdle to overcome. Thanks to continued technological advancement, there are now numerous ways to help compensate for this loss and many devices available to connect you successfully to the hearing world. When you...

Hearing loss in elderly people happens in both ears and affects many over 60 years of age, which makes it the most common condition to affect those over 65. If your elderly parents have hearing loss and it's affecting their social life, then how do you talk about it with...

Why should I Clean my Ears? Ear wax can build up in your ears over time and can cause a blockage. You can get an ear infection if the wax isn't cleared and may have increasing difficulty hearing due to the blockage. In this post we tell you how to...

The main function of the hearing aid is to the help hard of hearing to improve their lives while allowing them to recognize and hear sounds and voices they were previously unable to due to their condition. Hearing aids use digital sound processing to reproduce sounds and deliver them to...