Posted in Ear Nose Throat Disorders on Sep 2nd, 2007
What are tonsiloliths? Some people notice that they have small white hard lumps in the back of the throat in the tonsil region. The lumps range in size from quite tiny to pea size and they tend to remain lodged in the tonsillar area for some time, until they eventually become dislodged. They are often [...]
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Posted in Ear Nose Throat Disorders on Sep 2nd, 2007
Hyperacusis is a medical condition wherein the person’s tolerance for normal sound in his environment is lowered. This lowered tolerance is manifested by the person’s sensitivity to otherwise normal sounds in his surroundings. As a result, he feels as if the whole world is screaming at him. The dripping of water in the faucet, a [...]
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Posted in Ear Nose Throat Disorders on Sep 2nd, 2007
Most people know of only one type of hearing impairment – deafness. Hearing no sound at all can be very difficult but looking at the opposite side of it, hearing too much may also prove to be as hard. Hyperacusis is defined as the intolerance to normal and everyday sounds.
To give you a concrete illustration [...]
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Posted in Ear Nose Throat Disorders on Sep 2nd, 2007
Hyperacusis makes life in a noisy and fast paced world really difficult to those who have it. Traveling, communicating and working can all become a challenge with so much noise around them. For example, traveling to and from work on a train will seem impossible without some sort of ear protection such as ear muffs. [...]
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