Drinking and Hearing Loss
Drinking alcohol is bad for your health. It can increase your risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease and digestive problems. A lesser known health condition associated with drinking is hearing loss. Alcohol’s Effect on the Brain Soundwaves are translated into electrical impulses within the inner ear and sent via the auditory…
Understanding the Vestibular System
If you’ve ever slid your feet up the street, bent your back, shifted your arm and then pulled it back, congratulations: you know how to “Walk Like an Egyptian.” But have you ever wondered how, exactly, Egyptians — or anybody in Tulsa, for that matter — are able to walk? We can thank the vestibular…