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 …
How to Support a Loved One with Hearing Loss in a Nursing Home
Do you have a loved one you care for who lives in a nursing home? This may have been a difficult choice at first, but now you know that you’re the person you love who has the around the clock care they need which in truth requires an entire staff of people. Now that they are there, however, there are …
Tips for Helping Others Communicate Clearly When You Have Hearing Loss
If you have hearing loss then you may experience how much more energy it takes in order to follow a conversation. Hearing aids are amazing for helping us to hear with greater ease and connect to people—however, even with this added advantage listening to conversation and responding takes added focus, energy, and patience. Many people without hearing loss are in …
Avoid These Common Excuses for Not Treating Hearing Loss!
Think about the last time you spent time with people in a large group. Did you find you had to ask people to repeat themselves often, or that you felt like you just couldn’t keep up with the group conversation. This could signal an undiagnosed hearing loss. Hearing loss becomes increasingly more common as we age. One in three people …
Hearing Loss Cures of the Past
Treatments for hearing loss, like all medical technology, has come a long way in the past 20 years, with state-of-the-art hearing aids, making it easier for you to hear your loved ones and connect to the life you love. However, as we look further back in time it becomes clear just how far we have come. Here are some “cures” …
What Is the Difference between Hearing Aid and Amplifiers?
Hearing loss is a common issue that affects millions of people worldwide, with around 40 million Americans, from infants to the elderly, experiencing some form of hearing loss in one or both ears. For many of these individuals, communication can be a challenge, leading to feelings of frustration and isolation. Hearing aids can enhance a person’s quality of life and …
Resolve to Test for Hearing Loss for the New Years!
You know the drill! The apple is about to drop, champagne glasses clank and auld laud syne is sung by all around! It’s hard to believe that another year is about to end, but after so many years you may feel like a pro. With the new year approaching, it’s a great time to focus on what went well for …