Blog - ear

We are pleased to announce that Dr Atiya has recently attended the Implantable Hearing Devices Course at Med-El headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria. This illustrates Dr Atiya’s commitment to continually improve his skills to an international level, in order to better serve his patients. The course covers middle ear implants such as the Vibrant Soundbridge, as […]

Dr Atiya speaks to PowerFM987’s Aphelele Somi about Vertigo. https://soundcloud.com/powerfm987/healthwellness-wednesday-unpacking-vertigo-disorder?in=powerfm987/sets/power-lunch

Dr Atiya discusses Otosclerosis and other hearing disorders, on iTV, DSTV channel 347.   

Mothers seem to have an inexplicable obsession with cleaning their children’s ears. Toiletry companies do nothing to change this behaviour by advertising “ear buds”. The truth is, ear buds are not meant to clean ears at all! Whatever other use they may serve, cleaning ears is not one of them. The ear canal is lined […]

Today (3 March 2016) is World Hearing Day. The theme this year is ‘Childhood hearing loss: act now, here is how!’. It aims to highlight that most causes of childhood hearing loss are preventable through public health measures, and that early diagnosis and intervention can mean a normal life for these children. If you or […]

First of all, it is important to realise that not all hearing loss is equal. Some cases of hearing loss are as simple as a case of wax build up, or fluid in the middle ear. It is therefore important that the patient is expertly assessed by an ENT surgeon, who will do a thorough […]

Although most cochlear implants are done in children between 1 and 5 years of age, the trend worldwide is to do it earlier and earlier. In this case, any delay might have prevented implantation due to the inner ear becoming obliterated by bone. Youngest CI Recipient in SA (Video) Health 24 – Youngest CI Recipient […]