Hearing loss is a complex and diverse condition that affects everyone differently. Everything from when or how someone develops hearing loss to how they treat it and how it impacts their everyday lives changes based on who you ask. With this in mind, there are a number of things people with hearing loss wish they knew to better understand the …
Can Regular Exercise Help Reduce Hearing Loss Risk?
Many people enjoy exercise for the boost in the mood it provides, just as much as how it keeps you in shape. We all aren’t out there exercising to have rippling muscles and a six-pack of abs. As we age exercise a couple of times a week —even low to moderate levels of exercise, such as taking a walk every …
Why Are My Ears Ringing?
Do you ever find yourself trying to relax at the end of a long day only to encounter a ringing in your ears? It can be hard to shake at night, interrupting your sleep and even following you into the next day. This inescapable ringing can cause chronic stress which increases symptoms, as well as makes it difficult to concentrate …
How Exercise, Diet, Sleep, and Hearing Affect Brain Aging
Neuroscientists are pursuing new and innovative forms of research to better understand brain aging. Although the calendar tells us that people are a given number of years old, their brains can tell a quite different story. Some people are able to reach their golden years with relatively “younger” brains than their cohort who are the same calendar age. This principle …
What is Single-Sided Hearing Loss?
Hearing loss comes in many shapes and sizes, and no two individual experiences are exactly the same. In fact, a personal hearing test is the only way to determine what type and severity of hearing loss you experience. Of the many types of hearing loss, there are many ways to categorize these differences. One of the fundamental definitions of hearing …
Getting to Know Your Hearing Aids
If you are the proud owner of a new pair of hearing aids, congratulations! Your future self will thank you for making this investment in your wellbeing. Hearing aids help millions of Americans communicate better and improve their quality of life, so you are making a healthy step toward betterment, indeed. Although our hearing health professionals are here to guide …
Why Bilateral Hearing Loss Should be Treated with Two Hearing Aids
Many aspects of the body rely on symmetrical functioning. Take the legs, for example. Walking becomes difficult when one leg has less ability than the other, any many people require assistive devices such as a cane, walker, or wheelchair when a knee or hip problem comes up. Other parts of the body work similarly. Your hearing uses the symmetry between …
The Possible Link Between Exercise & Reduced Risk for Hearing Loss
Physical activity is linked to a wide range of positive health outcomes. Not only can you strengthen your heart and other muscles, but you can even improve brain functioning through moderate physical activity. When you hear “exercise,” your mind might gravitate to a lengthy and painful session at the gym. Quite the contrary, physical activity can be integrated into your …
Connecting People | May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
The adage “April showers bring May flowers” is a nice reminder that enduring the difficult times can be necessary to truly experience the pleasure of the good times. Without the rain and gloom, the flowers wouldn’t be able to show us their vivid display of sensory delights. This principle applies to so much in life, and the annual cycle of …
Keeping Track of Your Daily Exposure to Noise
Two causes are responsible for the vast majority of cases of hearing loss. The first is the natural process of aging. The condition of age-related hearing loss, otherwise known as presbycusis, is an inevitable result of growing older. Until we find an elixir of life, there is nothing to be done about this cause of hearing loss, other than getting …