If you’re subjected to a lot of loud sound and don’t wear ear protection, you might experience hearing loss later in life. Hearing loss may be in your future, for example, if you work on a loud factory floor without hearing protection. These are fairly common and well recognized causes of hearing loss. But there’s
Coping with hearing loss can be a difficult adjustment for you and your family members. Sometimes, it can even be dangerous. What happens if a smoke detector is sounding or somebody is yelling out your name but you can’t hear them? Car noises can warn you about dangers ahead, but if you have untreated hearing
Hearing loss can seriously impact the way you live, even when it’s minor. There will be a significant change in the way you communicate with family, friends, and coworkers. Everyday tasks like going to the grocery store can become more challenging. But it doesn’t have to have this kind of negative impact on you. On
Want to take all the joy out of your next family get-together? Start to talk about dementia. Dementia isn’t a subject most people are intentionally seeking to discuss, mostly because it’s rather scary. A degenerative cognitive disease in which you slowly (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your cognitive faculties, dementia causes you to lose touch
You’re starving so you go to your fridge for a little bite to eat. Will it be something salty… maybe some crackers? Oooo, chips! Wait. Maybe this leftover piece of cheesecake. Maybe you should just go with a banana on second thought. Of course, a banana is a much better health choice. Everything is interconnected
No two instances of hearing loss are identical You should not expect your experience with hearing impairment to be exactly the same as somebody else who may have the same hearing loss condition. No two instances of hearing loss are precisely the same. While it might be beneficial to learn about someone else’s experience with
Gatherings. So many family gatherings. It probably feels like you’re meeting or reuniting with every relative you have, every weekend, during the holidays. The holiday season can be enjoyable (and also difficult) for this reason. Typically, this type of yearly catching up is something that’s pleasing to anticipate. You get to reunite with everyone and
You arrive at your company’s annual holiday party and you’re immediately bombarded by noise. The din of shouted conversations, the clanging of glasses, and the pulsating beat of music are all mixing in your ears. You’re not enjoying it at all. You can’t hear anything in this loud setting. The punch lines of jokes are
There are other symptoms of a cold that are less common than the well known runny nose. One kind of cold you don’t frequently hear about is the one that goes into one or both ears. While you might generally consider colds as harmless, here’s why this ear-related cold symptom should never be ignored. What
After months (maybe even years) of waiting, you’ve finally resolved to contact us to see if you should get hearing aids. You’ve been resisting this like so many others. But the difficulty of going through life without being able to hear has finally become too much. So it’s a little discouraging when you’re at the
Believe it or not, it’s been over 10 years since most people have had a hearing test. One of those people is Harper. She schedules a cleaning and checkup with her dentist every six months and she reports dutifully for her yearly medical examination. She even changes her timing belt every 6000 miles. But her
You know that it can be a challenge to get your partner’s attention if they have neglected hearing loss. First, you try to use their name. “Greg”, you say, but you used a normal, inside volume level, so you get no reply. You try increasing your volume and saying Greg’s name again but he still
