The hearing aid market is virtually unrecognizable today compared to what was available to aid in hearing health decades ago. We can thank the computer revolution for much of that progress. As industries boomed with technological advances, hearing aid manufacturers were quick to integrate advancements into their products. Many of the hearing aids we choose from today are like tiny, …
If you have hearing loss, there’s a good chance you’re using hearing aids to get through your days. Hearing aids are potent tools for receiving, amplifying, and processing sound. Hearing aids, like other electronic equipment, have benefited from technological breakthroughs and are now more innovative than ever. But there are other technologies that, when used in conjunction with a hearing …
If you have been diagnosed with hearing loss, the graph you get that shows your results can say a lot about how your hearing issues are configured. Not only can it show us what specific frequencies of sound you find challenging, but it will also indicate whether your hearing loss exists in one ear (unilateral hearing loss) or both ears …
The benefits of exercise are more far-reaching than many first suspects. Your total health is interconnected, so making sure one aspect of your health is dealt with, can ensure that other areas benefit as well. For instance, aside from managing a healthy weight, and strengthening muscles, regular exercise ensures most aspects of your health are maintained and better protected. Regular …
While the most common cause of hearing loss is age, a younger population is experiencing hearing loss at a higher rate than ever before. This is due to a world which is becoming noisier and noisier. Noise induced hearing loss occurs due to dangerous levels of sound and the more aware you are of when you may be at risk, …
May is here and many of us are already enjoying reconnecting to friends and family as the weather warms. May is also the month in which The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) designates as Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM). This annual month long campaign is a call to raise awareness and treatment for those with communication issues connected to hearing …
Hearing aid technology has advanced remarkably in the past decades, yet we hold on to many beliefs based on an old-fashioned style of hearing assistance. In addition to our deeply held assumptions about hearing loss, we also have built a mythology around hearing loss. Many of the things we take for granted as true can turn out to be not …
If you’ve ever found yourself finally in a quiet place just to realize that you are still haunted by a mysterious ringing in your ears, then you are not alone in this. This is the sound of tinnitus, which manifests differently for everyone. Some people hear a ring, while others hear a swoosh, buzz, or roar that seems to be …
Many of us understand the complications of hearing loss as a communication issue. It is true that untreated hearing loss can create strain on relationships, decrease your earnings at work, cause chronic depression and social isolation as well as increase the likeliness of cognitive decline. However, there are physical risks to hearing loss as well that many don’t suspect. For …
Our world has always been full of sound and it only continues to grow louder and louder. If you live in a city, this might seem obvious, as you are constantly exposed to the sounds of street traffic, music coming from windows and construction. Even in the suburbs or country there are sounds we are exposed to which make our …