Have you resisted the calls from family, friends, and co-workers to finally invest in a hearing aid? Do you think that right now you really don’t need a hearing aid or that you’re not missing enough to justify purchasing one? If your hearing keeps getting worse, it could cost you up to $30,000 per year, […]
If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t use ear protection, you might experience hearing loss down the road. Similarly, if you work on a noisy factory floor and don’t use hearing protection, hearing loss might be in your future. These hearing loss causes are pretty common. But there’s a new kid […]
Coping with hearing loss can be quite an adjustment for you and your loved ones. It can also come with some hazards. What if you can’t hear a smoke detector or somebody yelling your name? If you have untreated hearing loss, you won’t be able to hear those car sounds that may be signaling an […]
Hearing loss can seriously effect how you live, even when it’s minor. The way you communicate with friends, coworkers, and family members can change substantially. Everyday activities like going to the grocery store can grow more challenging. But it doesn’t have to have this type of negative impact on you. If you use a well […]
If you start talking about dementia at your next family gathering, you will probably put a dark cloud over the entire event. The subject of dementia can be very frightening and most individuals aren’t going to purposely discuss it. A degenerative mental disease in which you gradually (or, more terrifyingly, quickly) lose your mental faculties, […]
You walk into the kitchen and you find a snack. How about a salty treat… maybe some crackers? Chips sound good! Hold up. Maybe this leftover piece of cheesecake. Perhaps you should just go with a banana on second thought. A banana is a healthier option after all. Everything is interconnected in the human body. […]
No two cases of hearing loss are the same You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be exactly the same as somebody else who might have the same hearing loss condition. No two cases of hearing loss are exactly identical. While you might be able to relate to someone else with hearing […]
Gatherings. So many family gatherings. It probably feels like you’re meeting or reuniting with every relative you have, every weekend, during the holiday season. That’s the appeal (and, some would say, the curse) of the holiday season. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to reunite with everyone and […]
You arrive at your company’s annual holiday party and you’re immediately bombarded by noise. You can feel the beat of the music, the thrum of shouted conversations, and the clattering of glasses. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear a thing in this loud setting. The punch lines of jokes are getting lost, you can’t […]
There are other symptoms of a cold that are less common than the widely recognized runny nose. Occasionally, a cold can go into one or both ears, but you rarely hear about those. While you may generally think of colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom should never be disregarded. What does a […]
