For people with hearing loss, family dinners and gatherings can be a challenge. Everyone is conversing loudly and at the same time. It becomes even harder for individuals who have hearing loss when you add other noises like background music, chairs scraping, and dishes clattering. If you have difficulty hearing from one or both ears, […]
Susan always recognized that when she retired she would be living an active lifestyle. She travels a lot and at 68 she’s been to more than 12 countries and is planning a lot more trips. On some days you’ll find her tackling a hiking trail with her grandchildren, on others she will be volunteering at […]
Ever ask yourself “what would it actually be like to wear hearing aids”? How does a hearing aid feel when you’re wearing one, what is the sound like, and what does it feel like in your ears are all questions you may want to ask someone who already has hearing aids? If you truly want […]
You know it’s time to begin talking about hearing aids when your dad stops talking on the phone because he has a hard time hearing or your mom always laughs late to the punchline of a joke. Although a quarter of individuals aged 65 to 74 and 50 percent of individuals over the age of […]
From depression to dementia, many other health conditions are linked to the health of your hearing. Your hearing is linked to your health in the following ways. 1. Diabetes Impacts Your Hearing When tested with low to mid-frequency sound, individuals with diabetes were two times as likely to have mild to severe hearing loss according […]
Like many chronic conditions, there’s a mental health element to tinnitus. It isn’t just a matter of dealing with the symptoms. It’s coping with the symptoms constantly never knowing for certain if they will subside. For some individuals, sadly, depression can be the outcome. According to research carried out by the Stockholm Public Health Cohort […]
Hearing is one of our most essential senses and one that we frequently don’t appreciate or safeguard until it’s too late. Socially, mentally and physically, our lives are improved with good hearing. You might not even recognize how much you’re jeopardizing your overall health if you’re not protecting your hearing or neglecting your existing hearing […]
You hear a ringing in your ears when you wake up in the morning. This is weird because they weren’t doing that yesterday. So you start thinking about possible causes: lately, you’ve been keeping your music at a lower volume and you haven’t been working in a loud environment. But you did take some aspirin […]
