Hearing loss is challenging, if not impossible, to self-diagnose. For instance, you can’t actually put your ear up to a speaker and subjectively evaluate what you hear. Which means that if you want to understand what’s going on with your hearing, you have to take a test. But there’s no need to be concerned or
It’s something a lot of people suffer with, but most don’t want to talk about – hearing loss and its effect on personal relationships. Hearing loss can cause communication barriers that result in misunderstandings and frustration for both partners. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner isn’t it a great time to express your love
Have you ever seen a t-shirt advertised as “one size fits all” but when you went to put it on, you were discouraged to find that it didn’t fit at all? That’s really frustrating. There aren’t actually very many “one size fits all” with anything in the real world. That’s not only relevant with clothing,
Feel like you may be forgetting something important? It’s not your imagination. It really is becoming harder to remember things in daily life. Memory loss seems to develop fairly quickly once it’s noticed. It becomes more incapacitating the more aware of it you become. Did you know memory loss is linked to hearing loss? If
If you or somebody you know has minor hearing loss, it is crucial that you educate yourself about it as much as possible. Armed with accurate information, you can steer clear of making bad decisions and will be better able to cope with your condition. When you’re dealing with hearing loss, disregard the following myths.
Bananas don’t taste the same as they once did. There are rather different varieties of bananas being grown nowadays by banana farmers. Today’s banana can develop successfully in a wide variety of climates, are more resilient, and can develop faster. They don’t taste the same either. So how did this swap take place without us
New cures are always being discovered. That might be a positive or a negative. You may think that you don’t really have to be all that careful about your hearing because you saw some promising research about possible future cures for deafness. By the time you begin exhibiting symptoms of hearing loss, you think, they’ll
Have you avoided the calls from friends, family, and co-workers to finally get a hearing aid? Do you think that right now you really don’t need a hearing aid or that you’re not missing enough to justify purchasing one? If your hearing continues to worsen, it could cost you as much as $30,000 per year,
You may develop hearing loss as you get older, especially if you frequently expose yourself to loud noise. Hearing loss might be in your future, for instance, if you work on a loud factory floor without ear protection. These are pretty common and well recognized causes of hearing loss. But there’s a new fighter in
For you and the people you love, coping with hearing loss can take some work to adjust to. It can also come with some perils. What’s going to happen if you can’t hear a fire alarm or someone calling your name? Car sounds can indicate dangers ahead, but if you have untreated hearing loss, you
Hearing loss can seriously effect how you live, even when it’s mild. There will be a dramatic change in the way you interact with loved ones, friends, and coworkers. It can become a challenge to complete daily tasks like going shopping. But that doesn’t mean it has to be all doom and gloom. If you
Want to suck all the fun out of your next family gathering? Start to talk about dementia. The subject of dementia can be very scary and most individuals aren’t going to purposely discuss it. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you gradually (or, more terrifyingly, quickly) lose your cognitive faculties, dementia forces you to lose
