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You may develop hearing loss as you get older, especially if you regularly expose yourself to loud noise. Similarly, if you work on a busy factory floor and don’t wear ear protection, hearing loss might be in your future. These are fairly common and well known causes of hearing loss. But there’s a new kid
For you and the people in your life, living with hearing loss can be difficult to adjust to. It can also come with some perils. What if you can’t hear a fire alarm or somebody yelling your name? If you have untreated hearing loss, you won’t be able to hear those car sounds that may
Even when it’s relatively minor, hearing loss can have a major impact on your life. There will be a significant change in the way you communicate with loved ones, friends, and coworkers. Everyday activities like going to the grocery store can grow more difficult. But that doesn’t mean it has to be all doom and
Want to suck all the fun out of your next family get-together? Start talking about dementia. The subject of dementia can be really scary and most people aren’t going to purposely discuss it. A degenerative mental disease in which you gradually (or, more frighteningly, quickly) lose your cognitive faculties, dementia causes you to lose touch
You go into the kitchen to look for a bite to eat. Will it be something salty… maybe some crackers? Oooo, chips! Hold up. Maybe this leftover slice of cheesecake. Actually, maybe you should just have a banana. A banana is a healthier option after all. Everything is interrelated in the human body. So the
No two cases of hearing loss are the same Just because two people have the same hearing loss condition doesn’t mean they will have precisely the same experience. No two cases of hearing loss are exactly alike. While you might be able to relate to someone else with hearing loss, keep in mind that your
So, so many family get-togethers. During the holiday seasons, it probably feels like you’re meeting (or re-meeting) a new long-lost relative every other weekend. The holiday season can be enjoyable (and also difficult) for this reason. Usually, it’s easy to look forward to this yearly catching up. You get to find out what everybody’s been
You’re bombarded by noise as soon as you arrive at the annual company holiday party. 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. In such a loud environment, you can’t hear a thing. The punch lines
While everyone has experienced a runny nose, we don’t usually talk about other kinds of cold symptoms because they are less common. One kind of cold you don’t often hear about is the one that goes into one or both ears. This kind of cold can be more harmful than a common cold and should
You’ve been putting off calling us to see if you need hearing aids, but you’ve finally decided it’s time. You have been resisting this like so many others. But the hassle, the lost moments, the missing interactions, they all finally became too hard to ignore. So when you do finally come in and then you
Believe it or not, it’s been more than 10 years since most people have had a hearing assessment. One of those individuals is Harper. She goes to see her doctor for her annual medical exam and gets her teeth cleaned every six months. She even knows to get her timing belt changed every 6000 miles!
If you have a partner with neglected hearing loss, you realize that getting their attention can be… a struggle. First, you try to say their name. You say “Greg”, but you get no response because you used an indoor volume level. You try saying Greg’s name a little louder and still nothing. So finally, you