Your Hearing
Hearing helps us cope with the needs of life, distinguishing all kinds of sounds and understanding the senses and meaning. Good hearing is of the utmost importance to our health and quality of life.
Learn More About Hearing Loss
About 700,000 people in Hong Kong are suffering from hearing loss. That means about 1 out of 10 people experience certain degree of hearing loss. This number is expected to keep rising due to aging of the population.
Hearing is Crucial for your Well-being and Life Quality
Taking care of your hearing health is taking care of your overall health. Hearing Care is Health Care.
Protect Your Ear, Treasure Hearing Health
People across ages should protect their hearing as some types of hearing impairment is irreversible. Let’s learn how to protect your hearing.
Tinnitus and Hearing Loss – Know More About Tinnitus
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the ears or head when no external source is present. Approximately 10% of Hong Kong population (7 millions) have experienced tinnitus at some point.
Meniere’s Disease
Meniere’s disease is an inner ear disorder characterized by episodic rotational vertigo lasting at least 20 minutes each (feeling like the world is spinning), tinnitus, fluctuating (low frequency) hearing loss, and ear fullness.
Auditory Development of Children
Normal hearing is essential for the development of speech and language as well as interpersonal and social communication skills during childhood. In addition, 0 to 6 years of early life is the golden period for speech and language development. Thus, hearing impairment during childhood may hinder child’s language acquisition, learning, social skills and emotional behavioral response development.
