
Protect Your Hearing Now to Save It Later
Use earplugs or protective earmuffs when you’re near loud noises.
Use earplugs or protective earmuffs when you’re near loud noises.
Catching early warning signs is key to your child’s development.
OTC hearing aids may be available soon, but a prescription is likely to work best.
While many experience tinnitus occasionally, severe cases can be unbearable.
Follow these 5 steps to keep your ears clean without causing damage.
Here’s how to protect your hearing before and after you notice a change.
A cochlear implant helps a child with single-sided deafness.
Clinical Trials, Ear, Nose, and Throat Health, Health, Hearing, Patient Stories, UNC Children's
Dr. Harold Pillsbury performed the surgery to implant a newly FDA-approved device that enables wearers to have MRI scans when needed. This was not possible with earlier cochlear implant models.
Dr. Oliver Adunka, an ENT surgeon at UNC Health Care, was able to get Dac Carpenter into a clinical trial that installed a sound bridge in one ear. That allows Dac to hear just like he did before he was injured.