Patient Resources
What You Can Expect as Your Loved One Regains Control of Their Hearing
A richer, more rewarding, and independent lifestyle is awaiting those who use hearing aids to treat hearing loss. However, as your loved one begins using hearing aids, you should expect a gradual change, which can be quite challenging in the first weeks and months....
The Unexpected Signs of Hearing Loss
Your brain makes adjustments to overcome the lack of some sounds as your capacity to hear begins to deteriorate. Because this process takes place over an extended period, you are unaware that you are experiencing hearing loss until you start to struggle with it....
What Can I Expect at a Hearing Assessment
Your hearing health is essential to maintaining better overall well-being and enjoying a higher quality of living. For individuals experiencing hearing loss, better hearing begins with identifying and correcting the problem. Many people avoid having a hearing...
Is There a Correlation Between COVID-19 and Hearing Loss?
Researchers are on the hunt to discover if there is, in fact, a connection between COVID-19 and hearing loss. Colds and flu often 'go to our heads,' filling our sinuses and ears with mucousy fluid that can become very uncomfortable. Many people get so 'full of cold'...
Why It Is Important for Young People to Get Their Hearing Checked
One of the most common assumptions associated with hearing loss is that it only affects old people. Though a higher percentage of adults over age 69 are diagnosed with hearing loss, it is important to note that hearing loss most often relates to noise exposure rather...
Studies Show Link Between Hearing Loss and Mental Decline
Hearing loss is so common that it's long been considered a normal part of the aging process and no great cause for alarm. But studies from Johns Hopkins University have found links between hearing loss, cognitive decline, and dementia. That means that it may be a...
How We’re Protecting Patients During COVID-19
At Fox Valley ENT, the health and wellbeing of patients has been at the foundation of our clinic. As your local physicians and doctors of audiology, COVID-19 has been closely monitored and appropriate steps have been taken with immediate effect to serve the needs of...
What is Tinnitus and What Can I Do About It?
If you hear a chirping, buzzing, hissing, or ringing sound in your ears, chances are you are one of the nearly 15 million Americans who suffers from tinnitus. For some people, the sounds are intermittent, but for others it is a constant annoyance that seems like it...
What Happens At A Hearing Test?
You’ve had your suspicions for some time – your hearing just doesn’t seem as sharp as usual. Fortunately, you’ve taken the correct next step and made an appointment for a hearing test. Unfortunately, that’s also when your nerves kicked in, and the butterflies have...
The Different Types of Hearing Loss
Approximately 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. That’s a significant amount of people, and one might assume that the cause of their hearing loss is all the same. But when it comes to hearing loss, one size does not fit all. Sure, some of the early...