Welcome to the New Year, and best wishes to you and your loved ones! This new year heralds a new decade as well, and we are left open to making better decisions, reinforcing and sustaining our commitment to a healthier life and smarter life style practices! How can we make 2020 a positive and fulfilling year for ourselves? Suffice to …
Do You Think You Might Have a Hearing Loss?
If you think you may be living with some degree of hearing loss, you are not alone. Approximately 48 million Americans, 18 and over, live with some form of disabling hearing loss and most do not seek treatment for about years from the first signs. The Hearing Loss Association of America is hoping to change that. The HLAA, now in …
Undertreated & Undiagnosed: Age-Related Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is a severe condition whereby almost 100 million American citizens have been affected. The problem has been dealt with by various experts who are extending their research to multiple fields. The problem is known to change older adults, but according to statistics, even baby boomers are facing the same issues. It is according to reports that 1 in …
Everyday Activities that Could Cause Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is a permanent condition. You can’t cure it. You can treat it in order so that it doesn’t affect you, but it’s certainly better to avoid having it happen to you in the first place if you can avoid it. Here are some noises that happen on an everyday basis that can cause hearing loss, so that you …
The Causes of Acquired Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is one of the most common medical conditions in America, wit an estimated 38 million people who suffer from this condition. It has been estimated that around 466 million people have hearing loss around the world, and of these 466 million, 34 million of them are children. In this article, we will discuss the different types of hearing …
Hearing Loss & Cognitive Decline
Hearing loss often becomes a problem as people get older. It can result from accumulated damage, as well as the deterioration that often comes with age. Unfortunately, if untreated hearing loss can lead to cognitive decline. While hearing loss and cognitive decline are not inevitable, they are a common problem of aging. How Hearing Works The human ear consists of …
Acknowledging the Reality of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is known to affect upwards of 48 million individuals across the world. That’s a large percentage considering many of us don’t get our ears or hearing checked enough. It’s hard to face that our hearing is failing us. We often don’t see the warning signs or ignore them altogether. It takes something significant for us to finally realize …
Tips for Managing Tinnitus
Do you often wonder what that ringing noise is in your ears and where it comes from? If you do not already know, it is known as tinnitus. Tinnitus affects 15-20 percent of the population, causes phantom noises such as ringing, buzzing, or clicking in ears, and is a symptom of other underlying conditions. Although tinnitus can increase and worsen …
Hearing Loss & Cognitive Decline
In the world today many of the people around us are suffering from hearing loss. Hearing loss is something that many people are not aware of and there are not many treatments that are available for it. It is very important to be aware of the treatments that are available for hearing loss. How hearing works Our ears are always …
How Hearing Loss Interferes with Your Relationships
Hearing loss is something that affects millions of people all over the world and is something that tends to have a huge impact on the lives that people lead. There are multiple factors that can lead to hearing impairment and the problems that people are likely to face as a result of it, often which can cause a detriment to …