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Is it really “selective hearing” or is it hearing loss? We’ve often heard the “selective hearing” excuse, so next time someone uses it, put them to the test. Literally.

There are many causes for dizziness. If you are often dizzy, it could be that you have BPPV – short for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

“Better Hearing for coastal kids”, Jervis Bay Hearing Centre’s principal Audiologist, Alison Chiam told the Audiology Australia’s National Conference in Sydney today.

One in six Australians is affected by hearing loss – that’s an estimated 3.5 million people, Jervis Bay Hearing Centres at Ulladulla, Vincentia and Sussex Inlet have joined with Hearing Awareness Week to focus on the fragility of hearing health and ways to protect it.

Researchers have taken an important step toward what may become a new approach to restore the hearing loss. In a new study, out today in the European Journal of Neuroscience, scientists have been able to regrow the sensory hair cells found in the cochlea — a part of the inner ear — that converts sound vibrations into electrical signals and can be permanently lost due to age or noise damage.