by Hearing and Balance Center | Dec 11, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
A person who suffers from conductive hearing loss has trouble hearing due to a problem with their ear’s capacity to conduct sound waves. This can be attributable to a congenital malformation or absence of the ear or because of a blockage in the ear canal. In many...
by Hearing and Balance Center | Oct 19, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
What most people call ear wax occurs because our ear canals are covered with hair follicles and glands that produce an oily wax called cerumen. This wax lines the inner surface of the ear canal and helps to protect it by attracting and gathering foreign debris such as...
by Hearing and Balance Center | Sep 27, 2013 | Hearing Loss Articles
Congestion of the outer ear canal due to a build up of ear wax is one of the most typical reasons for short-term hearing loss. If you’re rather confident that ear wax is the cause of your short-term hearing loss, you probably want to clean out your ears. The...
