You may develop hearing loss as you get older, particularly if you frequently expose yourself to loud noise. Hearing loss might be in your future, for instance, if you work on a loud factory floor without hearing protection. These are pretty common and well recognized causes of hearing loss. But within the past few years, […]
For you and the people in your life, living with hearing loss can be difficult to adjust to. Sometimes, it can even be hazardous. What’s going to happen if you can’t hear a fire alarm or someone yelling your name? Car noises can indicate hazards ahead, but if you have neglected hearing loss, you won’t […]
Hearing loss can really effect the way you live, even when it’s mild. The way you interact with friends, coworkers, and family members can change drastically. Everyday tasks like going to the supermarket can become more difficult. But that doesn’t mean it has to be all doom and gloom. If you use a well calibrated […]
If you begin talking about dementia at your next family get-together, you will probably put a dark cloud above the entire event. The subject of dementia can be really scary and most individuals aren’t going to go out of their way to talk about it. Dementia, which is a degenerative cognitive condition, causes you to […]
You go into the kitchen and you look for a bite to eat. Do you want something salty… what about crackers? Oooo, potato chips! Wait. Maybe this leftover slice of cheesecake. On second thought, maybe you should just eat a banana. A banana is a healthier choice after all. Everything is interconnected in the human […]
Every instance of hearing loss is unique You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be precisely the same as somebody else who may have the same hearing loss condition. Every case of hearing loss is unique. While it may be worthwhile to learn about someone else’s experience with hearing loss, it is […]
Gatherings. More, and more family gatherings. It probably feels like you’re meeting or reuniting with every relative you have, every weekend, during the holidays. The holiday season can be fun (and also difficult) for this reason. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to reunite with everybody and find […]
You’re assaulted by noise as soon as you get to the annual company holiday party. You can feel the pumping music, the hum of shouted conversations, and the click of glasses. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear anything in this loud setting. The punch lines of jokes are getting lost, you can’t make out […]
While everybody has experienced a runny nose, we don’t commonly mention other kinds of cold symptoms because they are less common. One type of cold you don’t frequently hear about is the one that moves into one or more ears. While you may generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom shouldn’t […]
You’ve been avoiding calling us to see if you need hearing aids, but you’ve finally decided it’s time. You’ve been resisting this like so many others. But the inconvenience, the lost moments, the missing interactions, they all finally became too hard to ignore. So it’s a little disheartening when you’re sitting in the hearing specialist’s […]