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It remains a puzzle as to why wearing eye glasses—which improve vision impairment—is perceived as a sign of intelligence, while wearing hearing aids—which treat hearing impairment—has been perceived as a sign of old age. Perhaps it’s about time the stigma of hearing loss is corrected, and we redefine what it means for our bodies to
When Should I Upgrade My Hearing Aids? When should I upgrade my hearing aids? This is a frequent question we hear from our patients, and the answer demands some thought. Although hearing aids typically have a life-span of 3-7 years, there are a few cases in which you may desire to upgrade earlier. Here are
By Joho345 (Own work) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons Just imagine being able to fine-tune the volume, treble, and bass on your hearing aids as discretely and easily as checking the time on your wrist. Or imagine fine-tuning your hearing aids for any hearing situation without ever having to touch your hearing aids. Sound
We all procrastinate, routinely talking ourselves out of challenging or unpleasant chores in favor of something more pleasant or fun. Distractions abound as we tell ourselves that we will sooner or later get around to whatever we’re presently trying to avoid. Usually, procrastination is fairly harmless. We might wish to clean out the basement, for
Modern hearing aids have come a long way; current models are highly effective and feature powerful digital functions, like wireless connectivity, that strongly improve a person’s ability to hear along with their all-around quality of life. But there is still room for improvement. Particularly, in specific instances hearing aids have some trouble with two things:
It has long been acknowledged that there are powerful connections between sound, music, emotion, and memory, and that our personal experiences and tendencies determine the type and intensity of emotional response we have to various sounds. As an example, research has uncovered these common associations between particular sounds and emotions: The sound of a thunderstorm
The strange part of hearing loss is that we don’t seem to start appreciating our favorite sounds until after we’ve lost the ability to clearly hear them. We don’t pause to give thought to, for instance, how much we enjoy a good conversation with a friend until we have to recurrently ask them to repeat
The hearing healthcare industry has two barriers that prevent individuals from acquiring healthier hearing: The inability to notice hearing loss in the first place (because of its gradual onset), and The temptation to find a quick, easy, and inexpensive solution. Regretfully, countless people who have overcome the first barrier have been lured into the supposedly
Blausen.com staff. “Blausen gallery 2014”. That there is a right way to clean your ears proposes that there is a wrong way, and indeed, there is a very wrong way. The wrong way is widespread, and it breaks the first rule of cleaning your ears: don’t insert foreign objects into your ear canal. That includes
It’s popular to think of hearing loss as an unavoidable problem linked with aging, or, more recently, as a consequence of the younger generation’s constant use of iPods. But the numbers reveal that the larger problem may be direct exposure to loud noise at work. In the United States, 22 million workers are exposed to
The saying “you get what you pay for” is certainly true of hearing aids, and while modern-day hearing aids are designed to be more effective than ever, they’re not exactly inexpensive, either. Fortunately, modern digital hearing aids, while not cheap, ARE becoming more reasonably priced, in the same way that most consumer electronics are becoming
Most of the time, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It occurs so gradually that it’s usually undetectable, and moreover, most family doctors do not routinely screen for hearing loss at the yearly physical exam. Considering these two realities, it’s no wonder that most people first find out they have hearing loss by
