We get lot’s of questions about Surfer’s Ear, or Swimmer’s Ear. These are the common names given to what medical specialists call exostoses. Exostoses is due to new bone formation in the ear canal in response to regular contact with cold water or cold air. Symptoms If you have small exostoses, then you are unlikely to…
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Ear Cleaning Services
Lesley Tuck has been working in our building for the past five years, but is now looking to retire. For the next two months Lesley will be transitioning her patients to Boutique Ear Care. Rhonda Holloway, a registered nurse, has joined Boutique Ear Care to carry on the ear cleaning services in our building. Lesley…
Changing Wax Filters on Marvel Hearing Instruments
As clever as the new Marvel hearing instruments are, the new wax system is a little tricky to use. So we thought this video would be a useful tool. But, first let us clarify the terminology! The systems that most hearing aid manufacturers use to protect the speaker of the hearing aid from wax is…
Cognitive Decline and Dementia
Emma attended the NZ Audiological Society Conference in beautiful Queenstown last week. There was plenty of new research presented, and chances to share ideas with fellow audiologists. Dr Frank Lin presented one of the pressing topics, the relationship between hearing loss and dementia. The evidence that having hearing loss increases the risk of dementia is…
Ear Wax? No problem!
We are excited to announce that we now have a sister business – Boutique Ear Care. From next week we will be delivering ear cleaning services on a Tuesday morning. These services will be delivered using microsuction, under microscope. Emma Russell, who will deliver these services, completed her training in aural toilet (ear cleaning!)…
I have wax in my ears – what can I do?
Wax (cerumen) is a normal product of a healthy ear canal. In most cases there is no need to do anything about it, but if you do, please do the right thing! Cerumen is made up of skin cells, hair and oil from the ear canal. Interestingly there are two types of ear wax, dry…