Exercise and Your Brain
I promise this is not a New Year’s Resolution rehash, but I am going to talk about exercise. We all know that exercise makes us feel better (when we sit down to rest). It gets our blood pumping. It gets our lungs working more effectively. It super-charges our brain chemistry. It makes our clothes fit…
Happy Holidays!
The holidays are upon us. It seems impossible that it’s time for all the hullabaloo again. Don’t get me wrong, I love hullabaloo! But, it’s not that much fun for everyone. All the noise… all the activity… all the TV’s on all day long… This can really be taxing on those with hearing impairment. In…
May is Better Hearing Month
It seems like there is a month for everything! Why do we need a whole month to think about better hearing? Considering that people wait an average of seven years to do something to improve their hearing after they know they have a problem, maybe having a month to pay some attention to this vital…
Depression and Hearing Loss
National Mental Health Awareness month isn’t until October, but this was on my mind now. I’ve been doing a lot of work with Communication and Communication Strategies training lately. This quote by George Bernard Shaw made me stop and think. “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” It…
Don’t Believe Everything You See on the Internet
I’ve been hearing a lot about a certain YouTube audiologist lately. I’ve been hearing a lot of questions I haven’t heard before and, some answers that just lead to more questions. Since I fully support learning and being completely informed, I thought I’d check him out. He’s very entertaining. He appears to be well-informed. Some…
Exercise is good!
Exercise is good! It makes us feel better, rest more completely, and fit into that killer suit. So, I was a bit surprised when I saw a headline about exercise being bad for hearing health. And since I hate to exercise, I thought I’d look into and see if I had a ready excuse. Turns…
Hearing Loss & Diabetes
So, my husband was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I learned that a lot of the things I thought I knew, I really didn’t. But, the one thing I did know was something our counselor did NOT know. Compared to the 17% of diabetics who suffer vision issues, roughly 65% of all diabetics suffer…