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Bone-anchored hearing aid or traditional hearing aid — what’s the difference? 👂They may both help provide access to soun...
13/10/2026

Bone-anchored hearing aid or traditional hearing aid — what’s the difference? 👂
They may both help provide access to sound, but they don’t work in the same way — and they aren’t designed for the same hearing needs.

A traditional hearing aid captures and processes sound, then delivers amplified sound through the ear’s air-conduction pathway. A bone-conduction hearing system, including bone-anchored systems, takes a different route. It converts sound into vibrations that travel through the skull to stimulate a functioning cochlea, bypassing parts of the outer or middle ear.

Book a comprehensive hearing assessment with Love Your Ears to explore your options. 🤍

Your mental wellbeing and your ability to stay connected can be closely intertwined. 🤍This World Mental Health Day, we’r...
10/10/2026

Your mental wellbeing and your ability to stay connected can be closely intertwined. 🤍

This World Mental Health Day, we’re highlighting an often-overlooked part of everyday wellbeing: hearing and communication.

When listening becomes difficult, conversations can require more concentration and effort. You may find yourself constantly asking people to repeat themselves, struggling to keep up in groups or feeling exhausted after spending time in noisy environments.

Over time, communication difficulties can make some people withdraw from conversations or social situations they once enjoyed. That’s why hearing health deserves a place in the wider conversation about wellbeing. Being able to communicate, participate and feel connected matters.

With Single-Sided Deafness (SSD), the brain no longer has the same access to information from both sides. This can make ...
07/10/2026

With Single-Sided Deafness (SSD), the brain no longer has the same access to information from both sides. This can make everyday situations more challenging — particularly busy conversations, meetings, restaurants or situations where someone is speaking from the poorer-hearing side.

Many people become very good at adapting. They may turn their better ear towards the speaker, change where they sit or position themselves strategically in a room.
But adapting to a hearing difficulty doesn't mean the difficulty isn't there.

If you hear significantly better in one ear than the other, understanding your individual hearing profile is important.

Book a comprehensive hearing assessment with Love Your Ears and discover what your hearing is telling you. 🤍

What happens when one ear hears well, but the other doesn’t? 👂This is the reality for people living with Single-Sided De...
05/10/2026

What happens when one ear hears well, but the other doesn’t? 👂

This is the reality for people living with Single-Sided Deafness (SSD) — severe-to-profound hearing loss in one ear, while the other ear has normal or near-normal hearing.

It may seem like one good ear should be enough, but our two ears are designed to work together. When hearing is significantly reduced on one side, everyday situations can become more challenging.

You may notice difficulty hearing someone speaking from your poorer- hearing side, understanding conversations in background noise or identifying where a sound is coming from. Some people naturally compensate by turning their better-hearing ear towards whoever is speaking or carefully choosing where they sit.

If you've noticed a significant difference between your ears, start with a
comprehensive hearing assessment at Love Your Ears. Understanding what you're experiencing is the first step towards finding the right way forward. 🤍

Healthy hearing helps you understand what someone is saying, locate where a sound is coming from and connect confidently...
03/10/2026

Healthy hearing helps you understand what someone is saying, locate where a sound is coming from and connect confidently with the conversations and experiences happening around you.

You might hear someone's voice but struggle to make out the words. You might follow a conversation perfectly in a quiet room but lose track when background noise is added. Or you may hear better from one side than the other.

Hearing isn't just about detecting sound. It's about making sense of the
world around you.

Noticing changes? Book a comprehensive hearing assessment with Love Your Ears and get to know your hearing better. 🤍

October is Audiology Awareness Month 👂Hearing is about so much more than simply asking, “Can you hear me?”Healthy hearin...
01/10/2026

October is Audiology Awareness Month 👂

Hearing is about so much more than simply asking, “Can you hear me?”

Healthy hearing helps us understand speech, identify where sounds are coming from, communicate confidently and stay connected to the people and world around us.

This Audiology Awareness Month, we're encouraging you to become more aware of your hearing—not only when something goes wrong, but as an important part of your overall health and quality of life.

Your hearing connects you to life. Make it a health priority.

Book your hearing assessment with Love Your Ears and get to know your hearing better. 🤍

During a hearing assessment, an audiogram records the softest sounds you can hear across different pitches. This allows ...
30/09/2026

During a hearing assessment, an audiogram records the softest sounds you can hear across different pitches. This allows your audiologist to see which frequencies are affected, whether one ear hears differently from the other, and the degree and pattern of any hearing loss.

Why does this matter? Because hearing loss isn’t simply about sounds becoming quieter. You may hear someone speaking but struggle to understand certain words, particularly in background noise. Your audiogram helps explain where those difficulties may be coming from and guides the next steps in your hearing care.

And hearing can change over time. Having a baseline audiogram gives your audiologist something valuable to compare future results against. Know your hearing. Understand your results. Make informed decisions about your hearing health.

Our heritage lives in the stories we share. 🇿🇦It lives in the voices of our grandparents, the languages we speak, the mu...
24/09/2026

Our heritage lives in the stories we share. 🇿🇦

It lives in the voices of our grandparents, the languages we speak, the music we grew up with, the laughter around our tables and the stories passed from one generation to the next.

Hearing plays a beautiful role in keeping those connections alive. It allows us to listen, learn, communicate and remain connected to the people and traditions that shape who we are.

This Heritage Day, Love Your Ears celebrates the many voices, cultures and stories that make South Africa uniquely ours.

May we continue to listen to one another, share our stories and keep our heritage alive for generations to come.

Happy Heritage Day, South Africa. 🇿🇦

The cochlea may be tiny, but it plays a critical role in how we experience the world through sound. 👂 Located in the inn...
18/09/2026

The cochlea may be tiny, but it plays a critical role in how we experience the world through sound. 👂 Located in the inner ear, this spiral-shaped structure receives sound vibrations and helps convert them into electrical signals that can travel along the auditory nerve to the brain.

Inside the cochlea are thousands of delicate sensory hair cells that respond to different sound frequencies, allowing us to detect everything from speech to music and everyday environmental sounds.

The important part? Once these sensory hair cells are permanently damaged, they do not naturally regenerate in humans. Excessive noise exposure, ageing and other factors can therefore lead to permanent hearing changes.

Protecting your cochlea means protecting the sensory system that helps turn vibration into meaningful sound. Your ears receive sound. Your cochlea transforms it. Your brain gives it meaning.

Sound tolerance differs from person to person, and when everyday sounds begin to feel unusually loud, uncomfortable or o...
16/09/2026

Sound tolerance differs from person to person, and when everyday sounds begin to feel unusually loud, uncomfortable or overwhelming, it may be worth paying attention.

Conditions such as hyperacusis can cause ordinary environmental sounds to feel excessively loud, while misophonia involves strong emotional or physical reactions to particular trigger sounds, such as chewing, tapping or repetitive noises.

The important distinction is that these experiences are not all the same, which means understanding what triggers your response matters. Take a 60-second sound check today: notice which everyday sounds bother you, whether it is their loudness or the specific sound itself, and how your body reacts.

If sound sensitivity is regularly affecting your comfort, concentration or daily life, speak to an audiologist about an appropriate assessment.

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