Hearing loss
A reduced ability to hear sounds or understand speech, which can affect one or both ears.
Read guideHearing conditions
Understand hearing and balance concerns with clarity.
Explore medically responsible overviews of common hearing, ear, and balance concerns. These guides support informed conversations with qualified clinicians; they do not replace personal medical advice.
Educational information only. If you have sudden hearing changes, severe dizziness, facial weakness, a head injury, or other urgent symptoms, seek prompt medical care.
Age-related hearing loss
Gradual hearing changes that become more common with age, often affecting speech clarity.
Read guideNoise-induced hearing loss
Hearing changes linked to repeated or intense sound exposure.
Read guideSudden hearing loss
Urgent careA rapid, unexplained change in hearing that can require urgent medical assessment.
Read guideTinnitus
Ringing, buzzing, hissing, or other sounds heard without an outside source.
Read guideEar infections
Inflammation or infection that can cause pain, pressure, drainage, or temporary hearing changes.
Read guideEarwax
A common buildup that may block the ear canal and affect hearing.
Read guideHyperacusis
An increased sensitivity to everyday sounds that others may find comfortable.
Read guideMénière’s disease
An inner-ear condition associated with episodes of vertigo, hearing changes, tinnitus, and ear fullness.
Read guideBalance and dizziness
A broad group of symptoms that can involve the inner ear, nervous system, medications, or other causes.
Read guideAuditory processing disorders
Difficulty making sense of sound, especially speech, despite sound reaching the ear.
Read guidePediatric hearing loss
Hearing differences in infants, children, and teens that can affect communication and learning.
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