Hearing loss has a reputation for advancing gradually. It can be difficult to detect the symptoms due to this. (After all, you’re simply turning up the volume on your television once in a while, it’s nothing to worry about, right?) That’s usually the case, yes, but not always. Sometimes, hearing loss can occur suddenly without
The majority of people who use hearing aids are happy with their results: Based upon one recent survey, when speaking one-on-one, 91% of people who wear hearing aids are happy with their experience. When talking about specific activities, 85% were satisfied in a group environment and watching TV, 78% while shopping, and 75% in a
As your body gets older, it isn’t difficult to detect the changes. Your skin begins to get some wrinkles. Your hair turns gray (or falls out). Your knees start to be a little more sore. Your skin gets a little droopy in places. Maybe you start to notice some fading of your eyesight and hearing.
It might seem, at first, like measuring hearing loss would be easy. If you’re suffering from hearing loss, you can probably hear some things clearly at a lower volume, but not others. You might confuse particular letters like “S” or “B”, but hear other letters perfectly fine at whatever volume. It will become more apparent
Imagine for a minute you’re a salesperson. Today, you’re on a very important call with a potential client. Your company is being looked at for a job and numerous people from your business have gathered on a conference call. As the call proceeds, voices go up and down…and are sometimes hard to hear. But you’re
Isn’t pizza interesting? You can switch the toppings, sauces, even the cheeses involved, but as long as it meets a few general criteria, it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is similar. Symptoms and manifestations are caused by numerous different problems, loud noises, genetics, age, or ear blockages, but as long as you have difficulty detecting
What’s the link between hearing loss and dementia? Brain health and hearing loss have a connection which medical science is starting to understand. It was discovered that even minor neglected hearing impairment increases your risk of developing dementia. These two seemingly unrelated health disorders could have a pathological link. So, how does loss of hearing
If you are one of the millions of people in the U.S. suffering from a medical condition called tinnitus then you most likely know that it often gets worse when you are attempting to go to sleep. But what’s the reason for this? The ringing is a phantom noise due to some medical disorder like
Aren’t there a couple of types of vacation? There’s the kind where you jam every single activity you can into every waking minute. These are the vacations that are remembered for years later and are packed with adventure, and you go back to work more exhausted than you left. The other kind is all about
Tom is excited, he’s getting a brand new knee! Look, as you get older, the kinds of things you look forward to change. His knee replacement means he will feel less pain and be able to get around a lot better. So the operation is a success and Tom heads home. That’s when things take
You’ve probably noticed that when movies or TV shows get really intense, they start using close-ups (maybe even extreme close-ups). This is because more information than you’re probably even consciously aware of is communicated by the human face. To say that human beings are really facially focused is, well, not a stretch. So having all
It’s difficult to be separated from your hearing aid after you get accustomed to using one. Your hearing aids are, after all, your link to the world around you. But just like all technology, though, it will have to be upgraded eventually. The normal lifespan of a hearing aid From 3 to 7 years will
