This October, join us in spreading the word about Protect Your Hearing Month. Protect Your Hearing Month is designed to educate and raise awareness around hearing loss and the importance of hearing protection. You are never too young or too old to disregard your hearing …
Have you noticed any early signs of hearing loss? You may have a hard time following conversations, or struggle to hear over background noise. While this might not seem like a big deal at first, untreated hearing loss can have some major implications. For example, …
They say you are what you eat, and it’s true that eating a healthy diet does improve your health. Did you know that your diet can impact your ears as well? Vitamins and minerals are extremely important for healthy hearing. Here are some nutrients that …
Are you having difficulty following conversations? Or have you started turning up the volume on the TV a bit more each week? These are two of the most common signs of hearing loss, and a sign that you may want to treat your hearing loss. …
September is World Alzheimer’s Month! Launched in 2012 by Alzheimer’s Disease International, this global campaign focuses on raising awareness and destigmatizing dementia so that there is greater access to resources. Dementia refers to a group of medical conditions that lead to the deterioration of cognitive …
One major challenge facing older Americans in the workforce is higher rates of hearing loss. Of course, while hearing age can affect people of any age, those aged 65 and older are much more likely to experience difficulty hearing. One in three Americans over 65 …
The most common forms of hearing loss are degenerative, meaning that they tend to get worse with time. Age-related hearing loss tends to progress throughout the senior years, and noise-induced hearing loss is a function of accumulated noise exposure over time. However, that degenerative quality …
If you ask someone about their experience of getting treatment for hearing loss, some common themes come up. Many people talk about how relieved they are to have easy conversations that make sense to them. Similarly, people report a relief of anxiety, frustration, and even …
Those who have hearing loss are intimately acquainted with the experience of straining to hear and only gathering fragments of sound. Although each person can describe to you in detail what they are hearing, each experience of hearing loss is unique. The similarities between individual …
Hearing aids have come a long way from the uniformly beige plastic units that used to be the only option. Although many continue to opt for this simple style, a wide array of options have arisen to make hearing aids more stylish. And yet, what …