Why is it important to have your hearing examined regularly? Well, the truth is that hearing loss can have substantial and long-term impacts on your overall wellness. Your quality of life will be improved, your health will be improved, and you will get proper treatment sooner if you get tested regularly. Getting a hearing test […]
Muffled hearing can present for a wide variety of reasons. In most cases, this situation is temporary. In other instances, muffled hearing can be a harbinger of more significant hearing-related problems. In part, that’s because, aside from sudden hearing loss, hearing loss is usually not a condition that progresses suddenly. Symptoms appear gradually over a […]
Coping with cancer is awful. Patients have to go through a very hard time and some of the side effects of chemotherapy are often disregarded. But for a great number of cancer survivors, there is a life after cancer and that’s a pretty important thing to keep in mind. And you want that life to […]
You might think of your favorite sci-fi movie when somebody starts talking about artificial intelligence (AI). But these days, AI is more science than just fiction. When it comes to hearing aids, this is particularly true. Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all hearing aids that merely raise the volume of sounds around you. AI is […]
You’re not really sure why, but you’ve been feeling cranky lately. Well, you did feel excluded earlier this morning when no one bothered to bring you into the meeting discussion at the office and that was aggravating. Last night your daughter seemed annoyed with you when you asked her to turn the tv volume up […]
Hearing loss is often a slow process, making it easy to disregard the subtle changes in your ability to perceive sounds. Even though children are regularly tested, most adults don’t even consider scheduling a hearing test like they would their vision. So why would your hearing be any less relevant than your eyesight? It’s worthwhile […]
It might seem, at first, like measuring hearing loss would be simple. You can most likely hear certain things clearly at lower volumes but not others. Most letters might sound clear at high or low volumes but others, such as “s” and “b” may get lost. When you learn how to understand your hearing test […]
What’s the connection between hearing loss and dementia? Brain health and hearing loss have a link which medical science is beginning to understand. Your risk of developing cognitive decline is higher with even mild hearing loss, as it turns out. Experts think that there might be a pathological connection between these two seemingly unrelated health […]
TikTok has some really amazing videos you’ve probably watched. Babies, after they just get hearing aids, hearing the voice of their mother for the first time. In some of these videos, the baby is hesitant at first. When the doctor attempts to put the hearing aid in their ears, they fight against it. Before they […]
It’s a normal first response – denial. Surely, my loved one’s hearing loss isn’t as bad as it seems. She’s not old enough for a hearing aid. Perhaps, it’s become a joke between the two of you. She is always requesting that you repeat what you said. It’s only a game. You laugh about it. […]
