Most individuals are pleased with their hearing aids: 91% of hearing aid wearers are pleased with the hearing aid experience when speaking one-on-one, as reported by a recent survey. When analyzing results with specific activities, 75% were satisfied in a restaurant or on the phone, 78% were satisfied while in the grocery store, and 85%
It’s easy to observe how your body ages over time. You develop wrinkles. Your hair turns gray (or falls out). Your joints start to get stiff. Some drooping of the skin starts to happen in certain places. Maybe your eyesight and your hearing both start to fade a little. It’s pretty difficult not to notice
Measuring hearing loss is more technical than it might at first seem. You can probably hear certain things clearly at lower volumes but not others. Most letters may sound clear at any volume but others, such as “s” and “b” could get lost. When you figure out how to interpret your hearing test it becomes
Just picture for a minute you’re a salesperson. Today, you’re on a very important call with a potential client. Multiple agents from their offices have come together to talk about whether to employ your business for the job. As the call continues, voices go up and down…and are sometimes difficult to hear. But you’re fairly
Isn’t pizza interesting? As long as a few factors are met, you can adjust toppings, cheese, and sauce, and it’s still a pizza. Hearing loss is a lot like that. But as long as you have difficulty hearing sound, it’s still hearing loss whether it’s caused by genetic factors, age, blockages, or exposure to loud
What’s the connection between hearing loss and dementia? Medical science has connected the dots between brain health and hearing loss. Your risk of developing dementia is increased with even mild hearing loss, as it turns out. These two seemingly unconnected health conditions could have a pathological connection. So how can a hearing test help minimize
Tinnitus tends to get worse at night for most of the millions of people in the US that experience it. But what’s the reason for this? The ringing is a phantom noise due to some medical condition like hearing loss, it’s not an external sound. Of course, knowing what it is won’t clarify why you
Aren’t there a couple of types of vacation? There’s the type where you cram every single recreation you can into every waking second. These are the vacations that are recalled for years later and are packed with adventure, and you go back to work more worn out than you left. The other kind is all
Tom is excited, he’s getting a brand new knee! Look, as you grow older, the types of things you get excited about change. His knee replacement means he will experience less pain and be able to get around a lot better. So Tom goes in, the operation is a success, and Tom goes home! But
You’ve likely noted that when movies or television shows get really intense, they start using close-ups (possibly even extreme close-ups). That’s because the human face communicates lots of information (more information than you’re probably consciously aware of). It’s no stretch to say that human beings are very facially centered. So it’s no surprise that the
Once you get accustomed to your hearing aid, it’s hard to be without it. Your hearing aids are, after all, your link to the world around you. But it will periodically have to be updated or swapped out just like all technology. A hearing aid’s average lifespan A hearing aid will normally last 3 to
Your hearing won’t be simply gone one day when you wake up. For most people, hearing loss happens in degrees, particularly when it is related to the aging process. You might not realize it’s taking place right away but some signs do show up earlier. The early symptoms of progressive hearing loss are subtle. Slowing
