Ear

The topic I will be researching about is middle ear infection. Otitis media also known as middle ear infection is a group of inflammatory disease of the middle ear. The 2 types of infections are acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion. A shorter way to say these infections are AOM and OME. AOM is an infection that usually presents with ear pain. OME is typically not associated with symptoms. Aom affects about 11% of people a year,there is about 325 to 710 million cases. Some of the…

I was getting ear infections so bad, I would lay on the couch crying for hours because of how bad my ears hurt. My parents would take me to the doctors at least 2 times a week. The doctors didn’t believe me. Before they even looked in my ears, they would tell my parents I was exaggerating. When I told them my pain was a 100, they told my parents it was actually probably a 2. One day, though, they looked in my ears, and realized I didn’t have any eardrums left, in either of my ears. They spent…

Dog Ear Infection: How To Finally Stop It With Natural Remedies By Dr Andrew Jones, DVM Jan 30, 2012 If your dog has been shaking his head and scratching at his ears, then he likely has an ear infection. Ear infections in dogs are very common but often very frustrating; they can quickly and often do re-occur leaving you wondering if you can ever get rid of them. This article will go over the most common causes of ear infections, and give you the most effective at home remedies to finally stop…

Diseases Affecting the Ears Objective It is universally acknowledge that hearing is not an essential part of communication. Many people are able to communicate and function well in society without difficulty with this impairment. Those who are deaf are able to communicate in sign language. We are able to hear sound thanks to the structure of our ear. Although infants cannot make sense of the meaning of the sound, they hear from their surroundings, they are able to hear them, and later, make…

Many people ponder over the thought on how they hear sounds, how their ears work, and how different sounds are perceived. Sound is in fact, just the vibration of the particles of an object, but the way the human ear distinguishes different sounds is truly fascinating. Many people have flawless hearing skills, but others have hearing disabilities that prevent them from being able to recognize different pitches of sound, or how loud or soft a sound is. This is defined as hearing loss, however,…

. The ear is made up of three parts: the outer, middle, and inner ear.The outer part of the ear collects sound. Sound travels through the auricle and the auditory canal, a short tube that ends at the eardrum. Sound entering the outer ear travels through the middle ear and causes the eardrum and ossicle in the middle ear to vibrate. As it travels, it amplifies and changes from air to liquid. When the stapes moves, it pushes the oval window, which then moves the cochlea. The cochlea takes the…

Two Ears are Better Than One: Microtia Aural Atresia June 26, 2006, the day of my son's birth, I received some shocking news. A nurse informed me that he was born without his right ear, a birth defect called microtia aural atresia. My lack of knowledge on this birth defect made it difficult to understand that babies could be born without their ears. The nurse tried to reassure me that he could still hear because he passed a hearing test. The doctor performs the hearing test by clapping their…

the three parts of the ear? There are three parts of the ear in which sound must travel; the outer, middle, and inner ear. Sound does not simply go from the outer ear to the inner ear; it must become four different types of energy in order to pass through. These types of energy are acoustic, mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical. Ears work in a pair to help us localize and discriminate where sounds are coming from in our surroundings. It seems hard to believe but our ears never stop working,…

Middle ear infections are caused by bacteria behind the eardrum causing it to become inflamed causing pain in the ear. It’s more common in children than adults for the reason of the Eustachian tube, which is tube that connects from the middle ear to the pharynx, to be shorter in children than adults making the bacteria easier to get to the middle ear. Other causes of getting a middle ear infection is exposure to secondhand smoking, bottle feeding, daycare centers or if your child has a cold or…

the way their ears, external or internal, are structures and how each section of their ears function to aid in the process of hearing frequencies from conspecifics. Elephants not only use their large ears to capture frequencies of sound, but they also use fatty cushions in the feet pads to detect vibrations by bone conductions. Whales abandoned their external ears to be able to swim faster, but they have also enhanced their hearing due to the exceptional way…