It’s true, hearing loss can sneak up on you. But occasionally, hearing problems bypass the sneaking completely, in favor of a sudden (and often startling), cat-like pounce. It could happen like this: you get up, pull yourself out of bed, and perhaps you don’t detect it until you finish showering but your hearing feels…off, or […]
You learn to adapt to life with tinnitus. You always keep the TV on to help you tune out the continuous ringing. You refrain from going out for happy hour with coworkers because the loud music at the bar makes your tinnitus worse for days. You’re always going in to try new techniques and treatments. […]
Want to show how much you care? Really listen when your loved ones talk to you. But you have to be able to hear in order to really listen. Research reveals one out of three adults between 65 and 74 is suffering from hearing loss and millions would benefit from using a hearing aid. But […]
Hearing aids are supposed to be worn daily. But you’re also supposed to wash out your milk jugs before recycling them. We don’t always do what we’re supposed to. It’s the same for hearing aids. Sometimes we forget to bring them with us. You might even forget to wear it for more than one day. […]
The human body is an awesome, beautiful, confusing, confounding construction, isn’t it? The human body usually has no difficulty mending cuts, scrapes, or broken bones (with a bit of time, your body can heal the huge bones in your arms and legs). But when it comes to repairing the tiny little hairs in your ear, […]
Your hearing aids should improve your hearing right? When your hearing aid fails at its one job, it can be really frustrating. Luckily, your hearing aids should have no trouble doing their job if you properly maintain them. Before you do anything extreme, look at this list. If it’s not one of these ordinary issues, […]
With chronic tinnitus, it’s not the ringing in your ears that’s the actual problem. The real issue is that the ringing doesn’t stop. The continuous noise, possibly rather moderate in volume, might start as little more than an annoyance. But the ringing can become aggravating and even incapacitating if it persists for days or months […]
One of hearing loss’s most puzzling mysteries may have been solved by scientists from the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the future design of hearing aids may get an overhaul in line with their findings. The enduring idea that voices are singled out by neural processing has been debunked by an MIT study. […]
It seems as if all our devices are getting smarter, stronger, and smaller. Being smaller while doing more is the general trend. Hearing aids are no exception, and it’s not a surprise. The world’s population is aging and hearing problems, though they can have many different causes, are more common amongst older people. About 37.5 […]
The saying “Music to my ears” could soon have an entirely different meaning for people dealing with hearing loss. Exposing children to music can have a beneficial impact on hearing as is highlighted by a joint study conducted by the University College London and the University of Helsinki. Measuring Speech-in-Noise Performance Researchers observed 43 young […]
