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Posted on: 25-08-08 14:34:56
CD's,
Of late, I seem to be having some problem with hearing. I canot hear clearly what most people are talking even when talking to me. This is mostly when they talk in a soft voice and I always have to ask them to repeat tehir sentences again. Back home in India, people uses always to talk with a high voice and I had no trouble understanding them. But here, I have noticed that even when others seems to hear and understand soft voices (voice in low tone), I canot. This symptom is aggrivated when I am eating. When I cam eating (chewing), I just canot hear what others are saying.
Any Cd's with the same problem and their views? Since I donot have a family doctor, I donot know who to turn to.
Any help appriciated.
Peace
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It could be something as simple as excess mucus between your ears, or could be the onset of adult hearing loss.
You really need a doctor to examine this.
If it's mucus, it can be drained out or dried using medication.
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Hi TK -
You need to have a family doctor. Why don't you have one?
Regardless, in the meanwhile, you can go to a walk-in clinic. I once had to for my ear infection. They prescribed anti-biotics and I was fine in a couple of weeks.
Get it checked soon.
Hope that helps.
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Location: God's own country
Posted on: 25-08-08 18:43:41
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Originally posted by blorean
Hi TK -
You need to have a family doctor. Why don't you have one?
Regardless, in the meanwhile, you can go to a walk-in clinic. I once had to for my ear infection. They prescribed anti-biotics and I was fine in a couple of weeks.
Get it checked soon.
Hope that helps.
B'lorean,
I am suffering from mild hearing loss and not from ear infection. I belive what Pratick said that it might be Mucus which can / should be drained. I am not sure if walking into a walk-in clinic can solve this problem as the doctors that I have seen in walk-in's hardly know anything except the usual (like treating a cough, fever etc...)
I donot have a family doctor since where I live, family doctors are hard to come by
Peace
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Hearing test
These 2 links may give you some information as well as help you in taking free hearing aid test as well.
http://www.freehearingtest.com/
http://lloydhearingaid.com/shopping/audiogram_start.asp
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Senior Mortgage Consultant
Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
B'lorean,
I am suffering from mild hearing loss and not from ear infection. I belive what Pratick said that it might be Mucus which can / should be drained. I am not sure if walking into a walk-in clinic can solve this problem as the doctors that I have seen in walk-in's hardly know anything except the usual (like treating a cough, fever etc...)
I donot have a family doctor since where I live, family doctors are hard to come by
Peace
I don't think I said you have ear infection. I said I had ear infection and the walk-in clinic doctors were pretty good. Good enough to make me well.
The reason I mentioned you need a family physician is that way you can get a referral to go see an ENT specialist that can give you a thorough check-up and provide better treatment.
Your perception of walk-in clinic is incorrect if you were to talk about the ones in Mississauga. Not that I have visited all of them but the one I went to offered ear cleaning as well. It could just be wax build up for all you know...
One thing - the walk-in clinic is a quick visit, mostly. You shouldn't have reservations about trying one option out....if they say you need an ear transplant, obviously you have a point then.
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Posted on: 26-08-08 09:49:12
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Originally posted by blorean
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The reason I mentioned you need a family physician is that way you can get a referral to go see an ENT specialist that can give you a thorough check-up and provide better treatment.
B'lorean,
Where is this walk-in clinic in Mississauga and what are its timings?. Even I suspect that it would be only wax. I will surely make a visit.
The walk in clinic that I used in Mississauga was the one at Queensway and Hurontario (opp. Trillium). It is a horrible one. It was one walk in clinic when you go with the same aliment to 4 diff. doctors in there (tried it myself two or 3 times), you would walk out with 4 different medications.
Peace
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