Category: Tinnitus

Hear all about it – Hearing Awareness Week 2016

Posted by MH admin In Community awareness, Hearing awareness week, Impacts of hearing loss, Tinnitus, Treatment

Hearing Awareness Week, a nation-wide initiative of the Deafness Forum of Australia, officially commences this Sunday! The central aim of Hearing Awareness Week is to highlight issues people with hearing loss deal with. The Deafness Forum of Australia also use the week to continue to campaign for greater recognition of issues relevant to hearing loss. […]

Free health session tackles tinnitus

Posted by MH admin In Community awareness, Hearing awareness week, Tinnitus

One in seven people experience tinnitus and, past the age of 55, that figure climbs to one in three. Tinnitus is a condition where people experience internal noise such as ringing, whistling or insects (especially cicadas) in one or both ears when no external noise is present. Mackay Hearing Principal Audiologist and Director Jodie Miles […]