Centerville Hearing Center

07/15/2025

Summer brings joyful sounds—laughter at beach parties, roaring fireworks, music festivals—but hidden behind these nostalgic moments are noise levels that can cause lasting harm to your hearing. By staying alert to high-decibel experiences and taking simple precautions, you can enjoy the season while safeguarding your ears for years to come.

Summer brings joyful sounds—laughter at beach parties, roaring fireworks, music festivals—but hidden behind these nostalgic moments are noise levels that can cause lasting harm to your hearing. By staying alert to high-decibel experiences and taking simple precautions, you can enjoy the season w...

06/16/2025

Your sense of hearing is basically generated from your inner ear. This part of the ear is the final part that sends sound signals to the brain to help us recognize and interpret the sounds we are hearing from our surrounding environments.

05/15/2025

People often take their hearing for granted until it is already damaged. Taking preventative measures to protect your hearing can keep your ears healthy and in excellent working condition for a long time.

People often take their hearing for granted until it is already damaged. Taking preventative measures to protect your hearing can keep your ears healthy and in excellent working condition for a long time.

04/17/2025

Hearing loss doesn’t just affect communication—it can also lead to mental fatigue and cognitive strain. When our hearing is impaired, the brain must work harder to process and interpret sounds, increasing cognitive load and leading to exhaustion over time.

03/19/2025

An ear condition known as Otosclerosis is an abnormal growth located near the tiny bone known as the stapes which is located within the ear. This growth can prevent the stapes from moving freely and preventing your ear from functioning at an optimal level. Over time this can result in conductive hearing loss and can be rectified either through a surgical process known as stapedectomy or the use of hearing aids.

In this article you will learn more about common ear ailments and the reason why they occur.

02/20/2025

Hearing loss is more common than we believe. Due to its gradual nature, people may overlook their potential hearing loss for several years before they actually decide to seek help. It is important to treat hearing loss to prevent further damage and to help you gain the most out of your life.

01/15/2025

We all find it difficult to hear sometimes because of too much earwax. However, the steps we take in order to clean our ears often makes our hearing worse. Using cotton swabs or q-tips to clean out your ears is possibly the worst solution, not to mention quite a dangerous one. You might find it hard to believe, but your ears actually have the ability to keep themselves clean!

We all find it difficult to hear sometimes because of too much earwax. However, the steps we take in order to clean our ears often makes our hearing worse. Using cotton swabs or q-tips to clean out your ears is possibly the worst solution, not to mention quite a dangerous one.

12/16/2024

Hearing aids make our lives so much smoother by providing us a more organic hearing experience. However, daily wear and tear, sweat and dirt take its toll on these delicate devices, which is why they need to be cleaning properly and regularly. Daily cleaning can easily be done at home, but for deep cleaning it is best to rely on the professionals.

Hearing aids make our lives so much smoother by providing us a more organic hearing experience. However, daily wear and tear, sweat and dirt take its toll on these delicate devices, which is why they need to be cleaning properly and regularly.

11/20/2024

Hearing loss is the third most common health condition in the United States, with 1 in 3 people affected by it between the ages of 65-74. By the time you are 75 and older, you have a 50% likelihood of having some form of hearing loss! With hearing loss increasing in such alarming numbers, it is important to learn more about how it affects us.

A study by the National Institute of Aging found that elderly people with damaged hearing had a higher likelihood of developing dementia compared to those with no hearing loss. In fact, the worse the hearing loss, the higher the chances are of cognitive decline in that person.

09/16/2024

Hearing loss does not simply mean being unable to hear a few sounds each day. It means slowly beginning to feel excluded during family gatherings, being ridiculed behind your back, and becoming increasingly isolated as others no longer understand the sheer loneliness of being unable to hear.

Hearing loss does not simply mean being unable to hear a few sounds each day. It means slowly beginning to feel excluded during family gatherings, being ridiculed behind your back, and becoming increasingly isolated as others no longer understand the sheer loneliness of being unable to hear.

08/16/2024

We all want to lose weight, be it for personal vanity, a need for physical fitness, or for other health reasons. Recent research suggests that we may also benefit from losing weight because obesity appears to increase our chances of developing hearing loss.