You might develop hearing loss as you get older, especially if you regularly expose yourself to loud noise. Similarly, if you work on a busy factory floor and don’t use hearing protection, hearing loss might be in your future. These are fairly common and widely known causes of hearing loss. But within the past few […]
For you and the people in your life, living with hearing loss can take some work to adjust to. It can also come with some hazards. What happens if a fire alarm is going off or someone is shouting out your name but you can’t hear them? Car sounds can indicate hazards ahead, but if […]
Hearing loss can really effect how you live, even when it’s minor. There will be a considerable change in the way you communicate with loved ones, friends, and coworkers. Daily tasks like going to the grocery store can become more challenging. But that doesn’t mean it has to be all doom and gloom. Quite the […]
If you start talking about dementia at your next family gathering, you will probably put a dark cloud over the entire event. Dementia is not a topic most individuals are actively looking to discuss, mainly because it’s rather scary. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you slowly (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your cognitive faculties, […]
You go into the kitchen to find a bite to eat. Will it be something salty… what about crackers? Oooo, chips! There’s a leftover slice of cheesecake that would be delightful. On second thought, maybe you should just eat a banana. After all, a banana is a much healthier choice. When it comes to the […]
Every case of hearing loss is unique You should not expect your experience with hearing loss to be precisely the same as someone else who might have the same hearing loss condition. No two cases of hearing loss are exactly alike. While it might be worthwhile to learn about someone else’s journey with hearing loss, […]
So, so many family get-togethers. During the holidays, it probably seems like you’re meeting (or re-meeting) a new long-lost relative almost every weekend. That’s the charm (and, some might say, the curse) of the holiday season. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to reunite with everybody and see […]
You get to your company’s yearly holiday party and you’re instantly assaulted by noise. You can feel the beat of the music, the hum of shouted conversations, and the click of glasses. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear anything in this noisy setting. The punch lines of jokes are missed, you can’t make out […]
While everyone has experienced a runny nose, we don’t usually mention other kinds of cold symptoms because they are less frequent. Occasionally, a cold can go into one or both ears, though 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 […]
You’ve been putting off calling us to see if you need hearing aids, but you’ve finally decided it’s time. Like many other people, you’ve been resisting this. But the inconvenience, the lost moments, the missing interactions, they all finally became too much. So it’s a little discouraging when you’re sitting in the hearing specialist’s office […]