WHAT ABOUT EAR INFECTIONS?

Audiologist MANDY VAN DEN BERG explains that middle ear infections, which are quite common in babies, can cause temporary hearing loss. “The swelling and pus-like discharge from these infection may block sound from travelling to the inner ear, but hearing usually returns on its own after the infection goes away. The danger is that untreated middle ear infections can damage to the structures of the middle ear, which then may in permanent hearing loss. This is so important to have any infections treated by your GP or an ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT).”