In conversation with friends, you like to be courteous. At work, you want to appear engaged, even enthralled with what your boss/colleagues/customers are talking about. With family, you might find it easier to just tune out the conversation and ask the person next to you to repeat what you missed, just a bit louder, please. […]
You’re having a Zoom call with your grandchild and you’ve been waiting for it all week! You’ll have a blast and catch-up with your beloved family members. But when you log in you realize, to your sadness and disappointment, that you can’t hear properly. Your hearing aids are in, but everything seems muffled. You can’t […]
Do you hear a crackling sound? Buzzing, crackling, “static”, or whooshing sounds in your ear can all be signs of a condition known as tinnitus. Here’s some info. Do you hear phantom sounds such as thumping, buzzing, or ringing in your ears? If you have hearing aids, it may mean that they need adjustment or […]
Hearing loss is generally accepted as just another part of getting older: as we get older, we start to hear things a little less clearly. Perhaps we start turning the volume up on the TV or keep asking our grandchildren to speak up when they’re talking to us, or maybe we begin to forget things? […]
You’re a really busy person, so it’s understandable that you completely forgot about the hearing test you have scheduled for tomorrow. Luckily, you just received that reminder text from us, and you still have some time to get ready. So what should I do to get ready? You won’t need to stay awake all night […]
Do you feel lonely? Most people do every now and then. However, a February 2021report from Making Caring Common revealed that 36 percent of all Americans feel serious loneliness. When you feel lonely every day it can have serious health consequences which may be surprising. For instance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that loneliness […]
We most often think of age-related hearing loss as part of the natural aging process when we consider hearing loss. But external factors can negatively impact our ability to hear, too. As the world around us gets increasingly louder, it is up to us to monitor the sound environments we find ourselves in. And it […]
It’s an unfortunate fact of life that hearing loss is part of the aging process. Approximately 38 million people in the United States suffer from some form of hearing loss, though since hearing loss is expected as we age, many decide to leave it unchecked. Ignoring hearing loss, however, can have serious negative side effects […]
Otitis media is the medical name for what you probably call an ear infection. Ear infections like this are often seen in babies and young children but they can affect adults, as well, especially during or after a cold or sinus infection. Even a bad tooth can lead to an ear infection. Hearing loss is […]
There is one component that is crucial to keeping hearing aids cost effective and that’s the batteries. It is one of the largest financial challenges consumers have to deal with when buying hearing aids because the costs of replacing them can add up fast. Usually the batteries die at the worst time which is even […]
