Hearing Loss Articles

Some activities are just staples of summer: Outdoor concerts, fireworks shows, state fairs, air shows, and NASCAR races (look, if you like watching cars go around in circles, nobody’s going to judge you). As more of these events return to something like normal, the crowds, and the decibel levels, are growing. And that can be […]

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In conversation with friends, you like to be courteous. At work, you want to look engaged, even enthralled with what your manager/colleagues/clients are talking about. With family, you may find it easier to just tune out the conversation and ask the person next to you to fill in what you missed, just a little louder, […]

Read More… from You Might Have Hearing Loss if You Notice These 6 Behaviors

As we age we start to have trouble hearing clearly and we normally just accept it as a normal part of the aging process. Maybe we need to ask people to speak up or repeat themselves when they talk. Maybe the volume on our TV keeps going up. We might even discover that we’re becoming […]

Read More… from Does Hearing Loss Trigger Brain Atrophy?

Keep your eyes on the road. While this may be sound advice, what about your other senses? As an example, think about how much work your ears are doing while driving. You’re using your ears to engage with other people in your vehicle, call your attention to important info coming up on your dashboard, and […]

Read More… from How Can Hearing Loss Impact Driving Habits?

The last time you ate dinner with family, you were pretty aggravated. It wasn’t because of family crisis (this time). No, the source of the frustration was simple: it was noisy, and you couldn’t hear a thing. So you didn’t get the opportunity to ask about Dave’s new kitten or Sally’s new job. And that […]

Read More… from How do I Know if I Have Hearing Loss?

Your ability to hear is precious – once you lose it, the chance of getting it back in its natural form is not likely. But for some reason, hearing loss tends to go neglected and uncontrolled in the general population. As a matter of fact, permanent hearing loss impacts one out of eight people (nearly […]

Read More… from 5 Ways to Protect Your Hearing

Hearing loss is widely recognized to be a process that progresses gradually. It can be rather insidious for this exact reason. Your hearing doesn’t get worse in giant leaps but rather in little steps. So if you’re not watching closely, it can be challenging to measure the decrease in your hearing. That’s why identifying the […]

Read More… from Age Related Hearing Loss – the First Signs