June 18, 2026
“My hearing test is normal… so why can’t I understand people?” This is one of the most common things we hear at The Audiology Place. After […]
News and Updates about hearing conditions and disorders including Misophonia, Hyperacusis, Tinnitus etc.
June 16, 2026
Which types of hearing loss can be reversed, why sensorineural loss usually can't, why sudden hearing loss is an emergency, and what helps instead.
June 10, 2026
How outer hair cells and the motor protein prestin amplify sound inside the cochlea, why their loss blurs clarity, and what otoacoustic emissions tests show.
June 8, 2026
Why you can pass a hearing test yet struggle in noise: cochlear synaptopathy, what the research does and does not show, and the tests and strategies that help.
June 4, 2026
Why older listeners with near-normal audiograms struggle in noise: temporal fine structure, phase locking, what clinics can measure and what hearing aids do.
June 2, 2026
Schuknecht's four types of age-related hearing loss (strial, sensory, neural and mechanical), what each does to an audiogram and what it means for hearing aids.
April 20, 2026
If you’re experiencing tinnitus—that ringing, hissing, or buzzing in your ears—there’s a better than 90% chance you also have some degree of hearing loss, even if […]
April 12, 2026
Tinnitus spikes—those sudden, distressing increases in your tinnitus volume—are usually triggered by identifiable factors including noise exposure, sleep deprivation, stress, certain medications, or changes in your […]
April 12, 2026
If you can hear a rhythmic whooshing, thumping, or swishing sound in your ear that matches your heartbeat, you’re experiencing pulsatile tinnitus—and unlike the constant ringing […]