What’s Causing My Sore Throat?
Waking up with a sore throat in Portland is rarely a good sign. Unless you were out late the night before singing along at the top of your lungs to your favorite indie band rocking the Doug Fir Lounge, it probably means you are getting sick. Occasionally, a sore throat can be a sign of…
Drip, Drop, Sneeze, Cough: How Rain Affects Your Health
Portland is synonymous with many things: good coffee, food trucks with cuisine from around the world, and a warehouse of books spring to mind immediately. This time of year brings two other standbys: Rudolph’s lighted nose on the iconic “Portland, Oregon” sign, and a seemingly incessant parade of rainstorms. While we are used to dealing…
The ABCs for Getting More ZZZs
If your sleeping partner has threatened to file a noise ordinance with the City of Portland for excessive snoring, you should find some comfort in the fact that you won’t be the only one charged with this pretend-citation. Nearly half of all Rose City residents resemble lumberjacks when they crawl beneath the sheets, sawing wood…
What Causes Ear Infections?
Portland parents with young children are probably familiar with many kid-related activities: trips to the zoo, carnival rides and Elephant Ears at the Rose Festival, and visits to the ENT clinic for help with ear infections. The sad fact is, children are extremely susceptible to ear infections; they are the number one reason parents take…
What Hearing Aid Style is Right for Me?
There are many things unique to Portland: food cart pods, “sun breaks,” and unicycle-riding bagpipe players dressed as space villains, to name a few. One thing not so different from the rest of the country: hearing loss. About 20 percent of the population in Oregon, and throughout the United States, suffers from impaired hearing. Nine…
Summer Allergies
It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Unless you are one of the 24 million Americans in Portland and throughout the United States who suffers from allergies during the warmest months of the year. In that case, summertime is anything but easy; instead, it can be downright miserable, leading you to wish for cooler weather…
How Do You Hear?
Have you ever wondered how you hear? How does the beep of the microwave leave that device, enter your ear and tell your brain that your popcorn is done? While it may seem simple, your Portland audiologist is here to tell you that it is surprisingly complicated. What Makes Up the Ear? There are three…
Is it Better Hearing & Speech Month Already?
May is here! It seems like only yesterday we were pulling on our boots and zipping up our parkas. Now the wildflowers are blooming and the days are staying lighter longer. If you are like us, you are probably asking yourself how it is already May. And with that, how is it Better Hearing &…
Is Today The Day You Do Something About Your Sinus Issues?
Is it common for you to experience cold-like symptoms including: Nasal congestion and discharge Postnasal drip Sore throat Facial pressure and swelling Loss of smell and taste Headache Fever Fatigue Bad breath If so, you are not alone. Your Portland otolaryngologists estimate that nearly 37 million Americans suffer from an inflammation and swelling of their…
Are You Allergic to Work?
Does going to work fill you with anxiety and cause your eyes to water and your head to throb? Turns out, some of these symptoms may not be your body begging you to give up and quit but instead may be the result of an allergy. That’s right – I’m saying you could be allergic…
