Have you ever lost your earbuds? (Or, perhaps, unintentionally left them in the pocket of a sweatshirt that went through the laundry?) Suddenly, your morning jog is so much more boring. You have a dull and dreary train ride to work. And the sound quality of your virtual meetings suffers considerably. Sometimes, you don’t realize […]
Hearing loss has a track record for showing itself slowly. This can make the symptoms easy to miss. (After all, you’re just turning up the volume on your TV now and then, it’s nothing to be concerned about, right?) Sometimes that’s true but often, it isn’t. It turns out hearing loss can also occur abruptly […]
The majority of individuals who wear hearing aids are happy with their experience: 91% of hearing aid users are satisfied with the hearing aid experience when talking one-on-one, based on a recent survey. When processing results with specific activities, 75% were satisfied in a restaurant or on the phone, 78% were satisfied while in the […]
As your body ages, it’s not hard to notice the changes. Your skin starts to get some wrinkles. Your hair turns gray (or falls out). Your joints begin to get stiff. Your skin gets a bit droopy in places. Maybe you begin to detect some fading of your hearing and eyesight. It’s pretty hard not […]
It might seem, at first, like measuring hearing loss would be easy. If you’re suffering from hearing loss, you can most likely hear certain things clearly at a lower volume, but not others. You might confuse particular letters like “S” or “B”, but hear other letters perfectly fine at any volume. When you figure out […]
Just picture for a minute you’re a salesperson. Now picture that you have a call scheduled today with a really important client. Multiple representatives from their offices have come together to talk about whether to employ your company for the job. All of the various voices get a little jumbled and difficult to understand. But […]
Isn’t pizza fascinating? As long as a few factors are met, you can switch toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is similar. Symptoms and presentations are caused by numerous different issues, loud noises, genetic factors, age, or ear blockages, but as long as you have a hard time hearing sounds, […]
What’s the link between hearing loss and dementia? Medical science has found a connection between brain health and hearing loss. It was discovered that even mild neglected hearing impairment increases your risk of developing cognitive decline. These two seemingly unrelated health conditions might have a pathological link. So how can a hearing exam help minimize […]
Tinnitus often gets worse at night for the majority of the millions of individuals in the US that experience it. But why would this be? The buzzing or ringing in one or both ears isn’t a real noise but a side-effect of a medical issue like hearing loss, either permanent or temporary. But none of […]
There are two kinds of vacations, right? There’s the kind where you jam every single activity you can into every single second. This kind will leave you more tired than when you left but all of the adventures will be recalled for many years to come. The other kind is all about unwinding. You may […]