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Hearing Aids Are Found to Improve Depressive Symptoms

With over two thirds of people over 70 years of age experiencing some form of age-related hearing loss, it is…
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Head Injuries & Hearing Loss

When you think about hearing loss, the most common image that comes to mind is age-related hearing loss. Indeed, most…
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How Smoking & Drinking May Affect Hearing

Lifestyle habits undoubtedly affect our risk of hearing loss. In the first place, the willingness to use hearing protection and…
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A Link between Hearing Loss & Diabetes

As you may already know, hearing loss is related to many other conditions in the body. Not only are those…
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When Should I Update My Hearing Aids?

Hearing aids are an important treatment for those of us who suffer from hearing loss. They keep us more active…
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A Brief History of Hearing Loss

Over 5% of the world’s population today suffers from hearing loss-about 466 million people. The rate of hearing loss is…
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Celebrate World Alzheimer’s Month with a Hearing Test!

September is World Alzheimer’s Month, and The Lancet has published an update to the known risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.…
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Why Pretending to Hear Doesn’t Help

You’ve probably been on one or the other side of this conversation before. It starts out easily with some basic…
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Ways to Accommodate Your Loved Ones with Hearing Loss

If you have a loved one with hearing loss, you might be able to recall some difficult interactions in the…
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Musicians & Hearing Loss

Many occupations have a risk of hearing loss, and our minds go immediately to industrial and manufacturing jobs with very…