Hearing Tips & Blog Articles

March 14, 2024 | North Hills ENT

Tinnitus Might be Invisible but its Impact Can be Substantial

In the movies, invisibility is a powerful power. Whether it’s a mud-covered hero, a cloaked starship, or a stealthy ninja, invisibility allows people in movies to be more effective and, often, achieve the impossible. Unfortunately, invisible health problems are no less potent…and they’re a lot less enjoyable. Tinnitus, for instance, is a really common condition […]

March 14, 2024 | North Hills ENT

ENT Issues Hearing Loss Articles

Laryngitis: When Your Voice Goes on Vacation

“Voicebox” is a rather erroneous term. You may have, at one time in your life, envisioned your voicebox as a literal box inside of your throat. Your actual voicebox is not really box-like at all and is a bit stranger. When people use the term “voicebox,” they’re usually describing an organ in your throat called […]

March 14, 2024 | North Hills ENT

ENT Issues Hearing Loss Articles

Persistent Sinus Pain? You May be Dealing With Chronic Sinusitis

Your face is sort of loaded with holes. Well actually, it has four hollow spaces. These are known as sinuses. (Or sinus cavities.) Your sinuses help eliminate allergens and germs by assisting mucus discharge from your nose. You stay healthier and breathe easier as a result. This system functions quite well the majority of the […]

March 14, 2024 | North Hills ENT

ENT Issues Hearing Loss Articles

Do I Have a Deviated Septum?

Construction is essential to keep our highways and roads safe and properly working. But construction also causes backups. We’ve all been stuck in a construction-caused traffic jam. Even a small lane change can cause hundreds of thousands of cars on a freeway to slam on their breaks, and the whole system crawls to a slow. […]

March 14, 2024 | North Hills ENT

ENT Issues Hearing Loss Articles

Sinuses Can be Seriously Affected by Environmental Allergens

You know those typical cold symptoms? Sneezing, runny noses, fevers, that sort of thing. The cold virus itself isn’t the cause of most of these symptoms, as it happens. Rather, these symptoms are a by-product of your immune response. It may sound strange, but your immune system creates a fever to protect you from bacteria […]

March 14, 2024 | North Hills ENT

ENT Issues Hearing Loss Articles

Can Tonsils be Impacted by Cold Weather?

It’s no secret that winter is the favorite season of many people. And we understand, the snow is pretty, chilly temps can sometimes be pleasantly bracing, and we all love building snow snowmen. But there are a few drawbacks. It never fails, after lots of time spent enjoying the great winter outdoors, your body reacts. […]

March 13, 2024 | North Hills ENT

Tinnitus Articles

Why is The Buzzing in my Ears Worse at Night?

If you are one of the millions of individuals in the U.S. suffering from a medical disorder called tinnitus then you probably know that it often gets worse when you are attempting to fall asleep. But why would this be? The ringing is a phantom sound due to some medical condition like hearing loss, it […]

November 20, 2020 | North Hills ENT

Ears, Hearing & Balance

6 Tricks to Make Hearing Aid Batteries Last

6 Tricks to Make Hearing Aid Batteries Last There is one component that is the key to making hearing aids economical and that’s the batteries. The cost of replacing them adds up quickly and that makes it one of the biggest financial issues when shopping for hearing aids. Usually the batteries quit at the worst […]

November 20, 2020 | North Hills ENT

Ears, Hearing & Balance

How to Deal With that Annoying Ringing in Your Ears

Whether you hear it occasionally or it’s with you all of the time, the ringing of tinnitus can be annoying. There might be a more suitable word than annoying. How about frustrating or makes-you-want-to-bash-your-head-against-the-desk irritating? That noise that you can’t turn off is an issue however you decide to describe it. So what can be […]

November 20, 2020 | North Hills ENT

Ears, Hearing & Balance

4 Mistakes New Hearing Aid Owners Make (and How to Avoid Them)

You’ve got a set of new hearing aids. Congratulations, it’s a great start to improving the quality of your life. There is a lot to learn when you buy new technology like modern hearing aids, and that includes the things you shouldn’t do. It’s not a long list with hearing aids, but it is an […]

ENT Health Blog

Tinnitus Might be Invisible but its Impact Can be Substantial

Laryngitis: When Your Voice Goes on Vacation

Persistent Sinus Pain? You May be Dealing With Chronic Sinusitis

Do I Have a Deviated Septum?

Sinuses Can be Seriously Affected by Environmental Allergens

Can Tonsils be Impacted by Cold Weather?

Why is The Buzzing in my Ears Worse at Night?

6 Tricks to Make Hearing Aid Batteries Last

How to Deal With that Annoying Ringing in Your Ears

4 Mistakes New Hearing Aid Owners Make (and How to Avoid Them)

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