HEARING TIPS
How to Persuade Someone to Get a Hearing Test
We don’t need to inform you of the symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a completely different type of problem: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing checked and treated. But just how are you supposed to get through...
5 Reasons Why People Deny Hearing Loss
It takes the average person with hearing loss 5 to 7 years before getting a professional diagnosis, notwithstanding the fact that the signs and symptoms of hearing loss are transparent to others. But are those with hearing loss just too stubborn to get help? No,...
What to Expect at Your Hearing Exam
If the unfamiliar creates anxiety, then a trip to the hearing specialist is especially nerve-racking. While virtually all of us have experience with the family doctor and the community dentist, the visit to the hearing specialist may be a first. It certainly would be...
Exploring a Career in the Hearing Care Profession
Although many of us remain current with our yearly physical, dental cleaning, and eye examination, we often fail to take into account the health of our hearing. And when our hearing does start to worsen, it appears so slowly that we hardly notice and fail to do...
Avoiding the Biggest Mistake in Treating Your Hearing Loss
Do you recall the Q-Ray Bracelets? You know, the magnetized bracelets that promised to provide you with instantaneous and substantial pain relief from arthritis and other chronic conditions? Well, you won’t see much of that advertising anymore; in 2008, the...
8 Reasons Hearing Loss is More Dangerous Than You Think
Hearing deficit is treacherously sneaky. It creeps up on an individual through the years so little by little you barely notice, making it all too easy to deny it’s even there. And afterwards, when you finally recognize the signs and symptoms, you shrug it off as...
Professional musicians at greater risk of developing hearing loss
Fame, fortune, and screaming fans — these are some of the terms and phrases you’d choose to summarize the everyday life of a professional musician. But what you more than likely wouldn’t take into account is “hearing loss” or “tinnitus,” the not-so-enjoyable...
Preventing work related hearing loss with high fidelity, custom-fit ear plugs
85 decibels. That’s the sound intensity at which repeated exposure can bring about severe hearing damage. 100 decibels. That’s the sound degree reached by a rock show, which is not-so-good news for performers or concert goers. It’s also a portion of a much bigger...
A Brief History of Hearing Aids
Today, countless individuals utilize hearing aids daily so that they can hear better. This is nothing new, even though the technology has unquestionably evolved quite a bit. Readily available in a large number of shapes, sizes, and even colors, the hearing aids of...
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