If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t use ear protection, you may experience hearing loss down the road. Similarly, if you work on a busy factory floor and don’t use hearing protection, hearing loss may be in your future. These are fairly common and well known causes of hearing loss. But […]
For you and the people in your life, coping with hearing loss can be difficult to adjust to. Sometimes, it can even be unsafe. What happens if a smoke detector is sounding or someone is shouting out your name but you’re unable to hear them? If you have untreated hearing loss, you won’t be able […]
Hearing loss can seriously effect how you live, even when it’s mild. There will be a dramatic change in the way you interact with loved ones, friends, and coworkers. Everyday tasks like going to the supermarket can become more challenging. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be all doom and gloom. If you use […]
If you start talking about dementia at your next family gathering, you will probably put a dark cloud above the entire event. Dementia is not a subject most people are actively looking to talk about, mostly because it’s rather scary. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you gradually (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your cognitive […]
You go into the kitchen and you find a snack. Will it be something salty… how about crackers? Chips sound good! There’s a leftover piece of cheesecake that would be delightful. Maybe you should just opt for a banana on second thought. Of course, a banana is a much better health option. Everything is interconnected […]
Every case of hearing loss is unique You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be precisely the same as somebody else who might have the same hearing loss condition. Every case of hearing loss is unique. While it might be worthwhile to learn about somebody else’s experience with hearing loss, it is […]
Gatherings. More, and more family gatherings. During the holidays, it probably seems like you’re meeting (or re-meeting) a new long-lost uncle every other weekend. The holiday season can be fun (and also difficult) because of this. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to learn what everybody’s been doing […]
You’re assaulted by noise as soon as you arrive at the annual company holiday party. The din of shouted conversations, the clanging of glasses, and the pulsating beat of music are all mixing in your ears. It makes you miserable. You can’t hear anything in this loud setting. You can’t follow conversations, you can’t hear […]
There are other symptoms of a cold that are less prevalent than the widely recognized runny nose. One kind of cold you don’t often hear about is the one that moves into one or both ears. While you may generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom shouldn’t ever be disregarded. What […]
You’ve been avoiding calling us to see if you need hearing aids, but you’ve finally decided it’s time. Like many other people, you’ve been resisting this. But the hassle, the lost moments, the missing interactions, they all finally became too much. So when you do finally come in and then you find out that you […]