Hearing Loss

The holiday season is filled with festive music, happy celebrations, and family get-togethers. But it can cause a lot of stress for those who have hearing loss. Background noise, overlapping [...]

Hearing loss can take a toll on your ear and affect your emotional health. As communication becomes more difficult, feelings of frustration, embarrassment, and even sadness may arise. These [...]

Hearing loss can be a challenging diagnosis for anyone, but it also impacts those closest to the individual affected. If your partner has recently been diagnosed with hearing loss, you may be [...]

Adjusting to life with new hearing aids can be both exciting and challenging. While these small devices have the potential to greatly improve your hearing and quality of life, it’s common [...]

Living with hearing aids is an individual journey where sound becomes reality once again. However, misconceptions about the experience of being hard of hearing are far too common and can create [...]

In a world driven by technology, these apps serve as invaluable companions, enhancing our auditory experiences and empowering us to navigate the sonic symphony of life with newfound clarity. [...]

Hearing loss is a widespread issue, particularly prevalent among older individuals, and it often goes unaddressed. Recent research reveals that a significant percentage of Americans over the age [...]

Hearing loss is a prevalent sensory impairment that affects millions of people worldwide, and its impact goes beyond the waking hours. While hearing professionals primarily focus on diagnosis, [...]

Age-related hearing loss becomes increasingly more common in older adults but the signs and symptoms may not be exactly what you think. Furthermore, if you do notice changes to your hearing, what [...]

Did you know that your ability to hear is linked to many other things in your body? We tend to think about each part of the body as a silo. When you think about how the different parts of the [...]

Hearing loss is one of the most common health issues people live with today. Impacting over 48 million people, hearing loss is pervasive. Though nearly 1 in 6 people has some degree of impaired [...]

As we witness the environment coming to life this spring, let’s take a moment to celebrate our connections with loved ones and community members. When we are out witnessing nature coming alive, [...]

We go to the doctor and the dentist at least once a year for a checkup, but many people neglect to have their hearing evaluated with the same regularity. Modern life has gotten a lot louder, and [...]

Doctors and nutritionists agree that exercise, even just a little bit every day, such as taking a daily or after dinner walk can reduce the risk of heart disease, can subside symptoms of [...]

Are you starting to notice that your hearing is going?  Perhaps you are having to ask people to repeat themselves more than you used to.  Perhaps it’s the people closest to you that might have [...]

Healthy hearing is connected to every aspect of your life.  The days of believing that hearing loss only affects your ears are over. Untreated hearing loss has been associated with a greater risk [...]

Hearing loss is linked to a lot of health concerns, and if you suffer from heart disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure, you face a higher risk of heart disease. Did you know that smoking and [...]

In recent years, natural disasters have increased in frequency, largely in part, scientists believe, due to climate change. There have been scientific advances in the field of “extreme event [...]

As busy as life can be, it can be easy, and even the norm, to push things back on your calendar. Some tasks are time sensitive so perhaps they take priority now and then. It is important to make [...]

The fall term is underway and the last days of summer give way to beautiful campus green spaces and city scapes. Both incoming first-years and seniors alike have academic schedules that demand [...]

The field of study surrounding hearing loss and its causes, preventative measures, and treatments is vast. One area of inquiry is over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and their possible link to disabling [...]

In a report to US Congress, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that there are an estimated 1.5 million cases of traumatic brain injury per year resulting in hospitalization, and [...]

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are approximately 422 million people living with diabetes globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The WHO defines [...]

 Many people are aware of the major risks involved with smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provides a wealth of information about the effects of [...]

A career as a rock star may afford fortune and international fame, but it also has consequences that extend beyond the lights. Hearing loss is a common medical condition that so many musicians [...]

 Noise is not just a problem in cities – it can also be a problem in more suburban areas too, if only because of its startling contrast to the more sedate settings. From leaf blowers to noisy [...]

 In a world of constant environmental noise, people are often seeking an escape. Commuters on public transportation, the sounds of traffic and construction from city sidewalks, even public parks [...]

When you have a busy work schedule and an active social life, at the end of some days your brain can feel like it has run a marathon. If you feel more exhausted than normal, especially if you are [...]

We often take for granted all of the listening our ears have to do. We subject our ears to loud concerts, movies, loud machinery, and sporting events regularly, and, more often than not, without [...]

It has been proven that as we age, we are likely to develop hearing loss. Though there are many causes of hearing loss, the most common is age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis. Presbycusis is [...]

Hearing loss is one of the most common medical conditions, affecting an estimated 466 million people worldwide, 34 million of whom are children. There are many possible causes of hearing loss in [...]

Wearing hearing aids can increase your ability to hear in most situations, but using several communication techniques could help you to hear. There are several ways to give yourself an advantage [...]

Researchers have long sought to draw definitive connections between hearing loss and other medical conditions, and continue to do so today. One area of interest is the role that disabling hearing [...]

Social interactions are inherent to so much of daily life in the busy world in which we live. Work, concerts, sporting events, dinner, worship services, and our relationships with friends and [...]

Over the years, technology around hearing healthcare and hearing aids themselves have improved tremendously. However, there is still a lot of stigma and misinformation surrounding hearing loss. [...]

Walk a Mile in Their Shoes Hearing loss is a condition that affects tens of millions of Americans and their loved ones. Communication can often be difficult because of missed words or phrases and [...]

When we think about the costs of hearing loss, we may think about visits to the doctor, hearing aid prices, health insurance, and others. What we may not immediately think about are the social [...]

Clear and open communication is the crux of the relationships we have with loved ones. When someone is living with undiagnosed or untreated hearing loss, it can weigh heavily on social [...]

If you think you may be living with some degree of hearing loss, you are not alone. Approximately 48 million Americans, 18 and over, live with some form of disabling hearing loss and most don’t [...]

Every year the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) celebrates the month of May as Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM). The organization raises awareness about communication [...]