Keep your eyes on the road. Obviously, it’s good advice, but it doesn’t say much about your other senses. Your ears, for instance, are doing a lot of work while you’re driving, helping you track other vehicles, calling your attention to information on your dashboard, and keeping you engaged with the other people in your […]
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When should you have your hearing tested? Here are four clues that you need to have your hearing assessed. Recently, my kids complained about how loud my television was. And guess what my reply was. I said, “What”? It was funny. Because it was a joke. But it also wasn’t. I have needed to turn […]
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You have a ringing in your ears and it’s not getting any better, if anything it’s getting worse. At first, you could hardly notice it. But after being at the construction site all day (for work), you’ve realized just how loud (and how relentless) that buzzing has become. These sounds can take many forms, like […]
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Your last family dinner was frustrating. Not because of any intra-family episode (though there’s always a little bit of that). No, the source of the stress was simple: it was loud, and you couldn’t hear anything. So you didn’t get the chance to ask about Dave’s new kitten or Sally’s new job. And that was […]
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In the poignant words of Helen Keller: “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.” While wellness is frequently referenced in broad terms, specific guiding principles can lead to healthier lives. With physical wellness, we think of exercise, counting steps, reps, or trips to the gym. With mental wellness, we ponder degrees of […]
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You finally got those new hearing aids. You’re so excited to be able to dive into your social life again. No more bad transitions or unclear conversations. But your hearing aids just don’t sound quite right. The reason for this is that it will normally take a bit of time before you get used to […]
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You enjoy swimming and are all about going into the water. The pool is like your second home (when you were a kid, everybody said you were part fish–that’s how often you wanted to swim). Today, the water sounds a bit… louder… than usual. And then you recognize your oversight: you went in the pool […]
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Your ability to hear is valuable – once it’s gone, the chance of getting it back in its natural form is slim to nil. But strangely, the general public tends to ignore hearing loss. In the US alone, one in eight people over the age of 12 is dealing with untreated and irreversible hearing loss. […]
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Intimacy isn’t normally the first thing that one thinks of when you think about hearing aids. We get it. The advertising on these little devices is relatively straightforward. Love, conversely, is something better suited for music, poetry, and art. And yet, the two are closely linked to the point where you might want to start […]
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Hearing loss is widely recognized to be a process that develops slowly. That’s why it can be rather insidious. Your hearing grows worse not in huge leaps but by tiny steps. And that can make the progressive decline in your ears challenging to keep track of, especially if you aren’t looking for it. That’s why […]
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