HEARING TIPS
Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Treat Your Hearing Loss
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,...
How Insects are Revolutionizing Hearing Aids
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...
6 Ways Your Brain Transforms Sound Into Emotion
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...
6 Ways to Lose Your Hearing
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...
Why Choose a Local Hearing Care Provider?
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....
The Right Way to Clean Your Ears
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...
The Surprising Statistics Behind Occupational Hearing Loss
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...
Finding Financial Assistance for Your Hearing Aids
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...
When Should I Get My Hearing Tested?
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...
Don't Wait! Early treatment
is the most effective treatment.
