How Serious Is a Ruptured Eardrum?
A ruptured eardrum, also called a tympanic membrane perforation, is a hole or tear in the membrane that separates your ear canal from your middle ear. This can cause temporary or permanent hearing loss, as well as make your middle ear more vulnerable to infection. While a ruptured eardrum typically heals within a few weeks…
What’s Causing Your Sore Throat?
A sore throat is one of the most commonly reported ailments, accounting for more than 13 million doctor’s appointments each year. There are three types of sore throat, based on the part of the throat that is affected: Pharyngitis affects the area right behind the mouth Tonsillitis involves swelling and redness of the tonsils Laryngitis…
How Does Sleep Apnea Affect Your Body?
One of the most common sleep disorders is sleep apnea, a condition that causes your breathing to pause repeatedly while you are sleeping. This leads to feelings of drowsiness upon waking as well as a number of other health conditions. Understanding the impact this sleep disorder has on your whole body can help motivate you…
October is Audiology Awareness Month
Hearing loss can be a confusing experience that leaves you feeling discouraged, frustrated and isolated. October is Audiology Awareness Month, which means now is a great time to learn about life changes that can help make for a better tomorrow. Audiologists, including the experts at Augusta ENT, can help identify hearing problems and recommend a…
How to Listen to Music with Hearing Loss
Listening to music is one of the many experiences people with normal hearing take for granted. Many people with hearing loss can use hearing aids to enjoy music, but only recently did new hearing aids come out that were designed specifically for music listening. Why Hearing Aids Struggle Hearing aids are designed to improve your…
How to Clean Your Ears Safely
Keeping yourself clean offers a number of physical, mental and emotional benefits. But did you know there is a part of your body that is self-cleaning and requires little to no help from you in order to remain in working order? The body part we’re talking about is your ears. Do You Need to Clean…
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Prevent Your Next Hearing Aid Disaster
Hearing aids are complex electronic devices that are instrumental in helping you connect with others. As careful as you may be with them, accidents do happen. Knowing how to prevent them and what to do when they occur can help you stay safe and connected. Dropping Your Hearing Aid Outside Wearing a hat can protect…
Is There a Long-Term Solution for Chronic Congestion?
Turbinates are structures within the nose that are responsible for helping warm, filter and add moisture to air as you breathe it in. When healthy, these built-in air filters regulate the temperature and moisture level inside your nose. They can cause a nasal blockage when they become swollen, enlarged or displaced. Inflamed or enlarged turbinates…
Facts About Balloon Sinuplasty
The sinuses, located near the nose, between the eyebrows and behind the cheeks and forehead, can sometimes between swollen and inflamed. When this occurs for three months or longer despite treatment, it is known as chronic sinusitis. This condition makes breathing difficult and causes pain and pressure. One way chronic sinusitis is treated is with…