Dementia Dementia is an umbrella term for a set of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain. Symptoms include memory loss, and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. These symptoms can be severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to READ MORE

Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Pure tone audiometry (PTA) is the key hearing test used to identify hearing threshold levels of an individual, enabling determination of the degree, type, and configuration of a person’s hearing loss. PTA is a subjective, behavioural READ MORE

Auditory Processing Disorder, or APD, is a catch-all term for hearing difficulties caused by central processing disorders. In most cases, a person’s ability to hear and understand speech in noise is compromised, even if they have a completely normal audiogram. READ MORE

Hearing is the process by which the ear transforms sound vibrations in one’s external environment into nerve impulses sent to the brain, which interprets them as sounds. When vibrating objects produce pressure pulses of vibrating air molecules, otherwise known as READ MORE

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) occurs when there is damage to the structures of the inner ear (cochlea). It’s generally permanent and the loss can be mild, moderate, severe, profound, or total. Sensorineural hearing loss can be caused by age, disease, READ MORE