Imagine This For a conceptual model of exactly how common hearing loss actually is, picture an average size wedding party. The average size of a wedding party is 100 people. Now how many of these people do you suspect suffer from some detectable degree of hearing loss? Would you guess it is one person at the wedding? Maybe you suspect …
How to Recognize The Signs When a Loved One is Experiencing Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss is So Much More Common Than Most People Assume There are many reasons that explain why hearing loss is much more common than most people are likely to assume. It is indeed rare to be born with congenital hearing loss. In the United States this happens in less than three out of every 1,000 births. So this gives …
Treat Your Hearing Loss to Improve Your Relationships
The Quiet Epidemic Hearing health frequently does not get the respect it deserves as a cornerstone of your quality of life. Your overall health depends upon your hearing health just as much as it depends on a healthy diet, exercise, and proper rest. Consider these three statistics about hearing health and together they will give you a perspective on just …
Talking about Hearing Loss – Why Your Disclosure Method Matters
Considering that each person’s experience with hearing loss is unique to them, there are so many unknown factors surrounding hearing loss. It is impossible to even know exactly how many people suffer from it. Is it 38 million Americans or 48 million? Research estimates that it is somewhere within that range, meaning one thing is certain: hearing loss is far …
Spring 2023 Newsletter
Hear from the experts! One of Whisper Hearing Centers main goals is to raise awareness about hearing issues within the local community. As part of this, WHC is excited to share some news about the Hear the World Foundation, which raises international public awareness about the importance of hearing and the consequences of hearing loss, as well as providing support …
Why People Avoid Scheduling a Hearing Test
The Importance of Hearing Health Though people most often fail to recognize it as such, hearing health is a cornerstone of overall health that is just as essential as proper diet, exercise, and sleep. So many aspects of one’s overall health crumble when hearing health is not properly maintained. It is impossible to know exactly how common disabling hearing loss …
When Should Hearing Aids Be Updated?
Do Not Delay If You Suspect You Could Benefit From a Hearing Aid Let’s begin here with some confounding statistics to put this all into appropriate context. Less than three out of every 1,000 births in the United States involve some form of congenital hearing loss. But around 13% of the population lives with a detectable degree of hearing loss. …
Ensuring that Age-Related Hearing Loss is Treated
Your Hearing Health is Your Overall Health Many people take for granted that they know the fundamentals of health. The standards of proper diet, exercise, and sleep are well-known to everyone. Whether or not someone chooses to abide by them and intentionally adopt healthy habits or not is rarely a matter of ignorance. And our bodies warn us very clearly …
This World Hearing Day, Let’s Work to Tackle Hearing Problems at the Community Level
World Hearing Day is observed on March 3rd every year, a global awareness day that sheds light on the importance of ear and hearing care. This year’s theme is “Ear and hearing care for all,” emphasizing the importance of integrating ear and hearing care within primary healthcare. One of the central planks of this year’s theme is Tackling Ear and …
Celebrate World Hearing Day: Ear and hearing care for all!
Do you suffer from hearing loss? You may not even know it. Hearing loss often develops subtly, so you don’t realize it’s an issue until it is difficult to hear even in the most ideal of listening situations. Often it begins as struggling to hear in noisy settings and gets worse from there. However, even at the mild levels of …