UH Clinic— Usapang hearing | Unang Hirit
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00:00Huh?
00:02I can't hear you.
00:03Good morning, Kapuso!
00:05We're having hearings here and there,
00:07in the Senate, in the Congress,
00:09but the literal hearing,
00:12or pandinig,
00:14how is it?
00:15Huh?
00:16What's that?
00:17How is it, Maris?
00:19It's good.
00:21Do I have to shout?
00:23I said, how is it?
00:24There, it's good.
00:26But a lot of our Kapuso
00:28have a weak hearing,
00:30or what they hear,
00:32it's like an earworm.
00:34It's like that.
00:36We're going to listen to all of that.
00:38We're going to talk about hearings
00:40here in our UH Clinic.
00:42And we have Dr. Eljon Yee,
00:45an ear, nose, throat, head,
00:49and neck surgery.
00:51Everything is in the head.
00:54Good morning, Doc!
00:56I remember when I was young,
00:58we grew up together
01:00in the first hearing.
01:02Right, Doc?
01:03Yes, sir. Good morning, Doc.
01:04He's a graduate now.
01:05He's a specialist now.
01:06We're your wake-up callers.
01:08He knows when it's too late
01:10for the first hearing.
01:12What's the common problem
01:14when it comes to hearing?
01:16What are the symptoms?
01:18Does it have anything to do with aging?
01:21So, typically,
01:23the patient approaches
01:25when there's a problem with his hearing.
01:27When something changes
01:29in his daily hearing,
01:30it's important to know
01:32if the change in hearing
01:34is gradual or sudden.
01:36Because sometimes,
01:37the signs and symptoms
01:38of suddenness
01:39are different from gradual.
01:41Also, the age of the person
01:42who has hearing loss.
01:43Is he still young?
01:44Or is he already old?
01:45That's what you told me.
01:47Alright, Doc.
01:48About the earphones,
01:49I think everyone uses them now.
01:52There are people who say
01:53they always use them.
01:54It's really bad.
01:56What can we consider
01:58as safe volume
01:59when using earphones?
02:00Because it's inevitable
02:02that you won't use earphones.
02:04Especially since
02:05online classes are very popular.
02:08A lot of people
02:09use earphones
02:11to listen
02:12and watch their shows.
02:13But for me,
02:15as an ear doctor,
02:17the minimum level
02:18that you can understand
02:20the sound, the tones,
02:21is fairly okay.
02:23I usually don't recommend
02:24the use of earphones
02:26for more than an hour.
02:28Because your ears
02:29need to rest after a while.
02:31For people who sometimes
02:32fall asleep with earphones,
02:34it can be difficult
02:35for a lot of people.
02:37We know that it's very important
02:39to keep your ears healthy
02:42when using earphones
02:43when you're at work.
02:44But we have to balance it
02:47so that your ears
02:48have some resting time
02:50so that you can rest.
02:51There are earphones
02:52that are placed inside
02:53and not outside.
02:56Is that advisable?
02:58For bone-conducting earphones,
03:02since they're not inserted
03:03inside the ear,
03:04it might lessen
03:05the irritation around the ear
03:07and the build-up
03:08of some of the earwax.
03:10But I still would recommend
03:12the same precautions
03:13of not using it for too long.
03:14The correct understanding
03:15of not using it for too long.
03:17For our floor directors,
03:19what's the volume here?
03:20I sometimes hear
03:21the noise from their instructions.
03:24We really have a lot
03:25of occupational hazards
03:27when it comes to hearing loss.
03:29Especially those
03:30who use jackhammers
03:31or live near the engine
03:33of a ship
03:34with our fellow seamen.
03:36Those at the airport, right?
03:37Yes.
03:38They're very prone
03:39to occupation-related
03:40hearing loss.
03:41Doc, we know that it's very important
03:43to clean your ears properly.
03:45And for some people,
03:46it's already full
03:48Here,
03:49there's a viral post.
03:53Let's take a look.
03:54There, it says
03:56that he had an ear infection
03:59because he didn't properly
04:01clean his ears.
04:02His ears were sunburned
04:04and his hearing was almost lost.
04:08And with us today
04:09is our consultant,
04:10Dayron.
04:11Dayron.
04:12Dayron Pabilona.
04:14Oh, it's Day.
04:16Okay, it's Dayron.
04:17Hi, Day.
04:18Hi, Day.
04:20There, Day.
04:21Tell us shortly
04:22about your experience
04:24in cleaning your ears.
04:25Did you hear us?
04:29I thought Day didn't hear us.
04:31Why, Day?
04:32My ears are clean
04:33so I always use cotton buds.
04:35I use cotton buds
04:37often
04:39until my ears hurt
04:41afterwards.
04:43So, Doc,
04:44can we check
04:46if Dayron's ears
04:48are okay now?
04:50So, first of all,
04:51there's a big factor
04:53in cleaning the ears.
04:55Why does earwax build up
04:57inside the ears?
04:59Earwax is a natural
05:01and normal part of the ears.
05:03It gives moisture
05:04and antibiotic properties
05:06to our earwax
05:08that is produced by the glands
05:10of the ear
05:11so that our ears
05:13can absorb the moisture
05:15inside of the ear.
05:16So, as you can see,
05:17this is our ear model.
05:19Usually, when we clean our ears,
05:21the idea is that we only keep
05:23our cotton tips
05:24around outside of the ear,
05:26the helix,
05:27in these areas.
05:28And we rarely go inside.
05:30Yes, we rarely go inside.
05:32Especially when we're tickling.
05:34I'm sleepy.
05:35I'm sleepy.
05:36Yes, sometimes
05:37there are people
05:38who still have earwax
05:39around their ears.
05:40Is that wrong?
05:41It's not advisable
05:42to go inside.
05:43What if you clean your ears
05:44from the inside?
05:45And other earwax
05:46gets inside?
05:47Yes.
05:48That's surprising.
05:49Yes, it's true.
05:50I'm sorry
05:51to those who eat breakfast.
05:53God has created our ears
05:55in a way that it cleans itself.
05:57So, naturally,
05:5980% of people
06:01who don't have problems
06:02with the shape of their ears
06:03or the anatomy of their ears,
06:04they clean their ears
06:05by themselves.
06:07Normally,
06:08there is a normal amount
06:10of earwax in the ear
06:12that keeps the moisture,
06:14the moisture area,
06:15and the healthiness.
06:17So, we need earwax
06:18to protect our ears?
06:19Yes, there's a healthy amount of earwax.
06:21Oh, it's not like
06:22when you see earwax,
06:23it's like
06:24you should remove it.
06:25It's not like that.
06:26Actually,
06:27what happens often
06:28is that the earwax
06:29gets inside
06:30when we clean our ears.
06:32That's why it's dangerous
06:33to clean your ears
06:34every day.
06:35Yes, that's why.
06:36Doc, here.
06:37How can we check
06:38if it's clean?
06:39Yes, Doc.
06:40How can we check
06:41if Day's ears are okay?
06:42Oh, that's his problem.
06:43What system is that?
06:44Do we have an otoscope
06:45that we can use?
06:46Yes, that's his otoscope.
06:47So, in our ENT clinics,
06:49one of our best friends
06:51is what we call an otoscope.
06:53So, it's a device
06:54that's hand-held
06:55and has its own light source
06:56where we can look
06:57inside the ear.
06:58So, gently,
06:59of course,
07:00we'll ask the patient
07:01to fix his ear
07:02so that we can straighten
07:03the ear canal
07:04and we can look
07:05gently
07:06so that we can look
07:07inside the ear.
07:08So, Day's ears
07:09are being checked.
07:10Usually,
07:11we can see the eardrum
07:12so that we can tell
07:13how the patency
07:14of the eardrum is.
07:15Sometimes,
07:16we have what we call
07:17a video otoscopy.
07:19Oh, there.
07:20We can buy
07:21video otoscopes.
07:24Camera, camera.
07:25We can use it.
07:26We can use a camera
07:28Sorry.
07:29to check
07:30the inside of the ear.
07:32So, we have a video here.
07:35And of course,
07:36gently,
07:37you can explain
07:38to the patient
07:39what you can see.
07:40We'll retract the ear.
07:41Hey, look at that, Day.
07:43Hey, there's a fart.
07:45There's a fart.
07:47Here, here.
07:48So, as you can see,
07:49this is Sir's eardrum.
07:51We have dry wax.
07:53As you can see here
07:54in the superior portion.
07:56Yes.
07:57In the superior portion,
07:58it's a bit dry.
07:59Sometimes,
08:00you can see
08:01that you're fond
08:02of spinning cotton buds.
08:03Is that why it hurts?
08:04Because it's too dry?
08:05Yes,
08:06and it irritates the skin
08:07and infects it.
08:09So, usually,
08:10that's how we feel.
08:11So, you should let it go
08:12sometimes?
08:13Yes.
08:14Sorry, ma'am.
08:15This is the eardrum.
08:16As you can see,
08:17it's very nice, very pink.
08:18The patient's eardrum
08:19is whole today.
08:20So,
08:21actually, ma'am,
08:23a regular check-up
08:24at the dentist,
08:25I think,
08:26is advisable
08:27to get a check-up
08:28at ENT.
08:29Correct.
08:30What kind of medicine
08:31will you give if there's pain?
08:32If there's pain.
08:33So, typically,
08:34when it's infected,
08:35cotton buds,
08:36sometimes,
08:37we have what we call
08:38otitis externa.
08:39The eardrum,
08:40the skin,
08:41the ear that's infected,
08:42we add drops
08:43and give medicines
08:44for pain.
08:45Okay.
08:46Sometimes,
08:47for people with hearing loss,
08:48we use in the clinic
08:49to detect
08:50the level of hearing loss,
08:51a tuning fork.
08:52So, actually,
08:53It's like what you use
08:54when you sing in the choir.
08:55Yes.
08:56So, actually,
08:57we have tuning forks
08:58that we use.
08:59There's a frequency
09:00depending on
09:01the thickness
09:02of the steel used.
09:03What we usually do
09:04is we allow it
09:05to vibrate.
09:08So, we'll get vibrations.
09:10We put it at any mid,
09:12in the center of our skull.
09:14It can be in between here.
09:16It can be here.
09:17Then, the patient can say
09:19that it's stronger
09:20or weaker
09:21on one side.
09:22Then, from there,
09:23we can further test
09:24near the ear.
09:26We'll connect it
09:27to the bone at the back
09:28to find out
09:29if it's a bone conduction problem
09:31or an air conduction problem.
09:33Okay.
09:34Huh?
09:35Oh, it's okay now?
09:38Thank you so much
09:39to Dr. Eljon Yee.
09:41For more information
09:42on heart disease,
09:43please expect
09:44that we will consult him
09:45here at our UH Clinic.
09:48Doc, thank you so much.
09:49Doc, thank you.
09:50Thank you so much.