Q: The ringing in my ears seems to be getting worse, especially on the left. Why might that be happening? What can I do to ...

A 9-year-old boy from New England who heard a buzzing in his ear discovered it was an insect that had attached itself to his eardrum. In a case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Not a week goes by when I don’t see someone in my clinic complaining of a strange and constant phantom sound in one of their ears, or in both ears. The noise is loud, distracting ...

There are some sounds you hope you never hear. For example, the buzzing sound of a tick burrowing into your eardrum. That's what happened to a 9-year-old boy in Connecticut who was taken to the doctor ...

The hum is a low-frequency humming or a rumbling sound, like a truck idling, that only 2-5% of the population can hear. Hum hearers complain that because no one else can hear the mysterious hum, they ...

As another Fourth of July has come and gone, many people were surrounded by loud music, watched and/or set off fireworks, mowed the lawn, went motor boating or participated in many other noisy outdoor ...

Nov. 6 -- Imagine if the everyday noises of your life suddenly became your enemy, if the quiet of an empty room suddenly generated unbearable sounds. It happened to Carol Brook, who first experienced ...

One in three Americans older than age 65 has some hearing loss. If you’re not hearing as well as you once did, you can take steps to manage the issue so that it doesn’t limit your life. You can also ...

There are some sounds you hope you never hear. For example, the buzzing sound of a tick burrowing into your eardrum. That's what happened to a 9-year-old boy in Connecticut who was taken to the doctor ...