Category: Anatomy & Physiology

The ability to hear is important to just about all living creatures; even though scientists have discovered many species of blind fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals, no deaf vertebrate species have been identified. That…

Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or CAPD, is a hearing disorder in which the trouble lies not with the ears, but with the brain. The person with CAPD hears sounds correctly…

As hearing professionals, one of the sometimes frustrating things we encounter in our practice is that the issues that have caused hearing problems in our patients cannot be reversed. For example, one…

To begin with an attempt at humor, the “speech banana” isn’t a reference to the old skit, “Speak up…I can’t hear you…I’ve got a banana in my ear.” The “speech…