Hearing
North Florida Center for Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, PA
This website uses information supplied from the AAO-HNS.

• Noise and hearing protection
  One in 10 Americans has a hearing loss that affects his or her ability to understand normal speech. Excessive noise exposure is the most common cause of hearing loss.

• Tinnitus
  Tinnitus is the name for ringing in the ears, and these head noises are very common. Nearly 36 million Americans suffer from this discomfort.

• Your child and hearing loss
  So Your Child has a Hearing Loss: Next Steps for Parents is a booklet published by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AGBell). The AAO-HNS is posting this online version of the booklet as a service to our members' patients.

• Infant Hearing Loss
  More than three million American children have a hearing loss. An estimated 1.3 million of these children are under three years of age.

• Five Minute Hearing Test
  A Five Minute Hearing Test

• Buying a hearing aid
  An otolaryngologist, audiologist, or an independent dispenser can dispense aids. Hearing aids should be custom fitted to your ear and hearing needs.

• Inner ear disease
  Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) is an inflammatory condition of the inner ear. It occurs when the body's immune system attacks cells in the inner ear that are mistaken for a virus or bacteria.

• Hearing Health Center
  Nearly 30 million Americans have impaired hearing. The most common cause of hearing loss in children is otitis media. For the elderly, the largest group affected, excessive noise, drugs, toxins, and heredity are the most frequent contributing factors.