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How To Clean Your Ears
Cotton swabs are the #1 cause of wax impaction, #1 cause of itchy ears, and an avoidable cause of tympanic membrane (eardrum) trauma.
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Hearing Aid Styles
There are 4 different styles of hearing aids: completely-in-the-canal (CIC), in-the-canal (ITC or Canal), in-the-ear (ITE or full shell ITE), and behind-the-ear (BTE).
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What to do if a Hearing Aid Battery is Swallowed
Hearing aid batteries are just about the size of many medicine pills. It doesn't happen often but sometimes an adult can confuse them for a peanut or aspirin. Most hearing aids for young children come with tamper-proof battery compartments, but rarely a child will find a battery and swallow it.
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Pseudohypacusis
(false hearing loss, exaggerated hearing loss, non-organic hearing loss, functional hearing loss, or malingering)
Incidence reports of pseudohypacusis vary between 2% and 40% depending on the population being studied. The motivation to exaggerate hearing levels has usually to do with either attention or money.
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