If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t use ear protection, you might experience hearing loss down the road. Similarly, if you work on a busy factory floor and don’t wear hearing protection, hearing loss might be in your future. These hearing loss causes are pretty common. But within the past few […]
Living with hearing loss can be a difficult adjustment for you and your family. Sometimes, it can even be dangerous. What happens if a smoke detector is sounding or somebody is yelling out your name but you can’t hear them? Car noises can indicate dangers ahead, but if you have untreated hearing loss, you won’t […]
Even when it’s relatively minor, hearing loss can have a big impact on your life. The way you connect with friends, coworkers, and family members can change drastically. Everyday tasks like going to the grocery store can grow more difficult. But it doesn’t need to have this kind of negative affect on you. Quite the […]
Want to suck all the joy out of your next family get-together? Start talking about dementia. Dementia is not a subject most individuals are actively looking to talk about, mainly because it’s rather frightening. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you gradually (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your mental faculties, dementia forces you to lose […]
You’re feeling hungry so you go to your fridge for a little bite to eat. Are you craving a salty treat… how about crackers? Oooo, chips! Wait. Maybe this leftover slice of cheesecake. Maybe you should just go with a banana on second thought. A banana is a healthier option after all. With the human […]
Every instance of hearing loss is unique You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be exactly the same as somebody else who may have the same hearing loss condition. Every instance of hearing loss is different. While it might be advantageous to learn about somebody else’s experience with hearing loss, it is […]
Gatherings. More, and more family gatherings. During the holidays, it most likely 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 […]
You arrive at your company’s annual holiday party and you’re instantly bombarded by noise. The din of shouted conversations, the clanging of glasses, and the throbbing beat of music are all mixing in your ears. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear a thing in this loud environment. You can’t follow conversations, you can’t hear […]
There are other symptoms of a cold that are less common than the widely recognized runny nose. Once in a while, a cold can move into one or more ears, but you rarely hear about those. This type of cold can be more harmful than a common cold and should never be ignored. What does […]
After months (maybe even years) of waiting, you’ve finally decided to contact us to see if you need hearing aids. Like many, you’ve been resisting this. But the hassle, the lost moments, the missing conversations, they all finally became too hard to ignore. So when you do finally come in and then you learn that […]
