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More Than Just Aging: The Hidden Causes of Hearing Loss You Need to Know
Hearing is a complex and vital sense that we often take for granted. When it starts to fade, it can be a jarring and isolating experience. Hearing loss is a widespread condition, but it’s not always a simple result of aging. It can be caused by a variety of factors,...
Study Links Regular Hearing Aid Use to Lower Mortality Risk
Exciting new research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests a significant link between regular hearing aid use and a reduced risk of mortality. The study, which followed thousands of adults over several years, found that individuals who...
Heart Disease and Hearing Loss
There are various known risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease, including diet and lifestyle, family history, and age, as well as conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and other vascular disease. But what does all that have to do with your...
Hearing Loss and Its Effect on Mental Health
Hearing loss is different from many other disabilities in that it is an invisible handicap. It is not always apparent that an individual has a hearing loss. Often times, the behaviors of the hearing impaired are attributed to something else, simply not paying...
Coronavirus Helping to Catch Hearing Loss Earlier
If you have untreated hearing loss, it may have become much more noticeable to you in the past few months for a very good reason. From Kayla Molander of WTVG Toledo, Ohio Between wearing a mask and social distancing, communicating has been a little harder for all of...
Hearing Aids and Cold Weather, What You Need to Know
Fall is here, and the weather is turning cooler. Some people like the colder weather, and some avoid it at all costs. Either way, eventually, you are going to have to head outside. If you wear hearing aids, you should take a few precautions to avoid unnecessarily...
Bluetooth Technology and Hearing Aids
Bluetooth technology is a wireless communications system intended to replace the cables connecting many different types of devices. These devices can range from mobile phones and headsets to heart monitors and medical equipment. As a global standard, the technology...
Facts About Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids
The topics of hearing loss and hearing aids are already confusing enough for many individuals. Adding to the confusion is a great deal of misinformation about hearing loss and hearing aids. To help you to begin to understand it all, here are a few facts about...
Why Do I Have Trouble Hearing in Noise?
Hearing and understanding are two sides of the same coin. It’s quite possible to hear everything someone says but at the same time understand nothing they said. For example, if you were to listen to someone speaking in a foreign language and I asked you if you could...
15 Things To Know About Your Ears and Hearing
Chances are that you know a few things about your ears and hearing that already appear on this list but did you know about all of them? Anatomy You get a new ear canal every year! The ear canal skin is constantly growing outward at a rate of 1.3 inches every year....
Gardening With Hearing Aids
For many people, this is their favorite time of the year, spring has sprung, and summer is just around the corner. And best of all, gardening is one of the few hobbies that cater to social. Time to clean up the yard, plant flowers, and start digging in the garden....
Is it Possible That Stress is Causing My Hearing Loss?
In these very trying times, the question of the impact of stress on the body is often a topic of conversation. The Mayo Clinic discusses the effect that stress symptoms may have on your overall health, often without you realizing that stress might be the culprit. “You...
Is Your Hearing Loss Making You Feel Isolated?
You know you’re having some problems hearing and you worry that you might have a hearing loss. Your friends and family members seem to point out what you’re missing or how often they have to repeat information every day now. But are you aware of exactly how that...
5 Ways to Damage Your Hearing
We are all guilty of listening to something at a volume that is too high. It might be music or machinery or even a kitchen household appliance like a blender. But there are other things that you might be doing that can damage your hearing and you might not have even...