Eliene Augenbraun, D.O., Ph.D., is a lifelong science and health journalist whose mission is to make sense of complex concepts. She led ScienCentral, a broadcast television newsroom that supplied ...
IntroductionOne day, a woman in her late 20s suddenly noticed that the lower right part of her field of vision was missing. A ...
Sudden hearing loss in one or both ears may indicate an infection, ear wax, a head trauma, a tumor, or other health problems. Some of these may need urgent treatment. There may also be dizziness, ...
Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a tool routinely used to diagnose and plan treatment for eye diseases, has now been modified to collect images of the inner ear. "These findings are exciting ...
In sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), hearing loss occurs instantly or over several days. It can range in severity and be temporary or permanent. Some people may use the term “ear stroke” to ...
Hearing loss isn't one-size-fits-all. The three primary types of hearing loss are sensorineural, conductive, and mixed, while other hearing configurations — such as single-sided deafness (SSD) — ...