Ramsay Hunt syndrome.<\/strong> This affects the facial nerve near the inner ear and can also damage hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nMost cases of Ramsay Hunt syndrome result in temporary hearing loss among the higher frequencies; however, sometimes, it is permanent. In most cases, this occurs in people who don\u2019t seek prompt medical care and those who also experience vertigo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How Can I Prevent Shingles?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The best way to prevent shingles and associated auditory complications is to get vaccinated against the infection. The vaccine for shingles is called Shingrix, which provides immunity for up to seven years; two doses provide more than 90% protection. The current recommendation is to get two shingles doses two to six months apart once you hit age 50. As of January 1, 2023, Shingrix is now free for almost everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To learn more or\u00a0to schedule an appointment\u00a0with a hearing expert, call\u00a0Pinnacle ENT\u00a0today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When two or more conditions occur together, they are said to be comorbidities. One set of comorbidities that may surprise you are\u00a0hearing loss\u00a0and shingles. We review more about this link below. What Is Shingles? Shingles is a viral infection that affects adults 50 and older. This serious infection is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[115,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allergy-cat","category-audiology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}