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Welcome to the May 2007 edition of
The America's Family Doctors eNewsletter
As a service to our friends and families, we have created this eNewsletter to help us stay Healthy!
May is Better Hearing & Speech Month.
To help us improve our services, please fill out the survey below; all responses are kept confidential and
anonymous.
How are your Ears Doing?
Hearing problems are the third most chronic health condition in the United
States. These problems can be linked to loud noise exposure, heredity, repeated colds, long standing diabetes, or high blood pressure, and
even side effects of certain drugs. Issues with hearing can affect a person socially. Whether it is trying to have a conversation
with friends, listen to the TV, or enjoy your favorite music. Not being able to hear properly can take the joy out of your favorite
activities.
Here is some healthy ear advice:
- When swimming, use swimmer's ear plugs to the keep the ears dry. This prevents
swimmers ear infections.
- Avoid loud
noises, use protection like ear plugs or ear muffs when operating noisy machinery
- Turn down
the volume of your Personal CD/MP3 player
- Every child
and adult should have a hearing test done annually
- Clean ears
regularly (A build up of ear wax can mask infections and decrease hearing ability)
- Do not use
Q-tips to clean out your ears.
We encourage you to maintain optimum hearing health and to help
identify early hearing loss in both children & adults.
During your annual physical,
we offer hearing tests as well. Hearing tests may indicate any ear disorders, infections, or hearing problems that you may
have. At America's Family Doctors we use diagnostic equipment to aid us in the diagnosis and management of these ear related problems
such as:
- Hearing Loss
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Middle ear disorders, ear infections, or fluid in the middle ear .
- Tinnitus or ringing in the ears
- Ear ache or fullness / pressure in the ears
Please visit these websites
for more information:
Feel free to visit our newest location. The new clinic, Get Well, is located in
Murfreesboro with extended hours 7 days a week. For more information please visit www.GetWellClinics.com
If you have any topic suggestions for future newsletters please respond back to this
email.
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