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From essential daily communication with our loved ones, through to enjoying your favourite music, our entire auditory system from our ears to our brain must be working well for us to experience any kind of connection to both the people and world around us – but how does our hearing actually work?
Sounds enter our ears via waves in the air, and these sound waves are transmitted down our ear canal causing our eardrums to respond with vibration. This movement impacts a chain of small bones in the middle ear whose job it is to transmit this vibration to the fluid filled inner ear, or cochlea. It is here in the cochlea that sound is organised into different pitches, and this specific pitch information is then relayed via nerve cells to the brain. The brain has an integral role in then interpreting the sound information received from the nerve cells – giving it meaning.
When our hearing starts to change, our entire world is affected. At Sydney Hearing Clinic we use state of the art technology and equipment that tells us exactly where your hearing and ear health is. Our highly experienced and expert audiologist will provide you with an individualised plan on how we can re-connect you with the world around you.
Adult hearing loss occurs when one of the components in our hearing system detailed above is impacted, and it is more common than you think. 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 have hearing loss. Often termed the ‘invisible handicap’, hearing loss can go unnoticed by an individual due its gradual onset and the coping mechanisms we use to compensate. That means it is often our loved ones who will be the first to notice the impact of hearing loss. If you notice any of the below symptoms in yourself or any of your loved ones, contact us at Sydney Hearing Clinic for a hearing assessment:
Sydney Hearing Clinic is an independent Australian owned practice.