Listening to sudden loud noises and music is one of the major causes of children and adolescents’ hearing loss. An exposure a sudden and very loud noise within a short timeframe as it is usually experienced in a gunshot, church…
Prime minister launches KASC hearing surgery programme
The Prime Minister of Uganda Dr Ruhakana Rugunda on Friday 3rd November 2017 launched the Med’El hearing in-plant programme to kick start earing surgery in Uganda. These implants (cochlear implants are to be carried out by Kampala Audiology and Speech…
How the Ear Works
Why do we hear? Different levels of hearing were first noticed at the close of World War II by Dr Ramsdell while he was working in Deshon Army Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania, which was a veteran’s Administration Hospital. He had…
Self Test for Hearing Loss
You can use this self-administered test as an initial screen for yourself or your child and to find out if an audiologic (hearing) evaluation is needed. Does my child have a hearing loss that needs to be evaluated by a…